We’re all feeling it but nobody would say it. Yesterday our head nurse pulled myself and two others into an office to just chat about our feelings. There are tears almost daily, tense conversations and outbursts as we try to work together to keep Coronavirus out of our building.
Everything has stopped and the only thing that now matters is the health and safety of our residents and ourselves. Not only are the times hard but we are seeing each other a lot more during our days than we ever have before. The stress level is high amongst the staff and the last few weeks have been really rough as we learn how to work together in this environment. They aren’t getting exercise or social interaction. These people are confined to our building only and the activities department is doing everything we can in order to help alleviate some of the stress. Those who don’t drive can’t get off the premises. They can’t see their grandchildren or their friends. We have hand washing stations at each door, at least three different hand sanitizer stations in both lobbies and require any person who walks through our doors to be screened immediately upon entry. Per the order from Washington State governor Jay Inslee, we have shut down the facility to all visitors unless it is deemed medically necessary. Because we all know how quickly it can travel and how devastating it could be. Even though our activities department is shut down, we as a staff have joined forces to do everything in our power to make sure that nobody in our building becomes sick with Coronavirus.
Which means that I’m working with the most at risk population for COVID 19 – senior citizens. I’m not doing any of that.Īs many of you know I work in retirement living. I’m not on the front lines of COVID 19, treating people, watching them die, putting myself at an even higher risk. Although, I must admit, I don’t feel as if I have any right to say that.
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