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>> Woman: All right, Friday night,
night nurse getting ready
for the new normal.
Got little buttons.
Welcome to Johns Hopkins.
(clicks tongue)
>> It's the year of the nurse,
and to kick off this tribute
to all the amazing nurses
across Johns Hopkins Health System,
I couldn't think of a better way
than to think about
Florence Nightingale's birthday, right?
200 years ago,
would she, or anyone have thought
how amazing nurses have become?
And such an integral part of healthcare delivery.
>> Hello.
>> This is my team helping with all the boxes
for the deliveries.
We've had some very generous donors,
making sure we're fed.
>> Camera Person: This is the entry way to the unit.
Often reminder this wall didn't exist
before COVID.
This was an awesome view of the city,
from the 10th floor.
(laughs)
>> Camera Person: We all have different masks on.
Some people are having the N95,
we have the pepper hood,
and I have a McDregor.
>> It's really important that we have
a good relationship with our EMS team,
and here's some of them now!
>> So, the year of the nurse,
we are facing a pandemic.
Of course we're facing a pandemic,
and that's what nurses do well.
We face crises, we make order out of chaos,
and we bring a lot of compassion,
to the process.
>> When going into a COVID patient room,
at least two pairs of gloves.
>> Well, it's definitely been challenging.
These patients have come in,
but I'll tell you,
the team has been incredible.
They have embraced it,
and they have just taken it day by day,
and have gotten through,
despite the daily (laughs) practice changes and alerts
that have come through.
They just seem to keep going on in stride,
and it's pretty amazing to watch.
>> To be a nurse,
especially to be a Hopkins nurse,
you are humble,
and hopeful.
We have outstanding performance,
and we have a lot of opportunities to learn.
>> You're upping the standard.
You don't set the standard,
but you are the standard, I guess.
>> When you're in a unit,
you can just see how all of the nurses come together,
providers, PAs, doctors, nurses, everybody comes together
and works as a team.
>> We really put a lot of ourselves
in giving those nights, weekends, holidays to our patients,
and most importantly to our team.
To our co-worker, to our other nurse.
You wanna be there for your team.
>> You do it because it's you.
And it's your gift,
and I think you get satisfaction and meaning in what you do.
>> What keeps us going is these people, (laughs),
you show up and you look around and you're like,
"I've got a team of amazing people
"gonna work with me tonight,
"they're gonna have my back, and we're gonna get it done,
"and it's gonna be great."
(laughs)
>> We all talk about in nursing and healthcare
that we need to stick to our scope of practice,
but at this point,
I've been an electrician.
I have been (laughs) EVS, nutrition, stock, everything.
Just because the need is there
and you have to do what you have to do.
>> People like PB&J.
(laughs)
>> Male Nurse: Whether we're in a pandemic,
or we're not in a pandemic,
I signed up to be a nurse and take care
and to serve at all cost.
>> It's celebrating those mini victories
that we have.
It's all those little pieces of the day,
that can make you get a bigger picture on life
and know that it is valuable.
>> There's a lot of positive coming out of this,
as scary as it's been.
We've had, just really neat things that you see
as you leave the hospital after a rough day
and you're walking to your car.
>> I feel that, in a way, just empowered,
because we're helping.
>> Heroes are ordinary people
who make themselves extraordinary.
>> Be proud of what you do every day.
There are some days that are just hard,
some days that aren't glamorous.
>> Whether it's a negative or a positive result,
as long as you have done everything for that patient,
then you are a good nurse.
>> It's gonna take a while for us to recover from this,
but the best thing is that we learn,
and we use those projects
and those creative innovative ideas,
and bring them forward, to change healthcare.
You're Hopkins nurses, you will change healthcare.
>> We love our nurses!
>> Yay!
>> Whoo!
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