KONA ENDERS
PCA2, UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, 3/31/20
Kona with SHARE staff organizer Will Erickson
3/28/20 update from Kona: Our unit, 3 West got moved again to the CDU, and it was so crazy not knowing what to expect from the staff that we were joining. There were tensions on the unit because we didn't know each others and once again just got thrown into this situation without much clarity as usual. I'm writing because things have improved so much on the unit because we have gotten to know each other and share some personal stories with each others. Our unit is now the best unit for caring for the COVID patients. Each day everyone is making an effort to get along and work better together. Thank you to everyone for working so hard to make our work better.
3/31/20
We are working so differently than we were. A lot of people were afraid because there wasn’t a lot of notice that we were moving to another unit [Kona and the other staff in her area were recently transferred to 3 Lakeside Short Stay]. It was really hard at first because we are working so differently. It was hard on the nurses and the PCAs. The doctors and everyone keep saying that we have to decrease the foot traffic in the rooms. It is hard because we can’t have the conversations with the patients like we always did and spend time with them. I was kind of dancing around outside one of the doors to a patient being a little silly and the patient said, ‘That just made my day!’
We feel very supported. Maggie the NP who works with Dr. Myers, will bring us food or snacks. Or we get things from other floors. They are thinking of us. Cardiac Surgery always checks on us.
One of the greatest tools that was implemented was when you are logged onto the computer it will say whatever any patient, or nurse, or PCA or MD needs right across the screen. So who ever has a computer in front of them can help that person in the patient’s room. It really feels like more teamwork!
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