A Surgical Nurse On Being Essential

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🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

We asked essential workers to write in about what they need, and what they're thinking about. Here's what one surgical nurse in Ohio told us.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna.
0:02.2	A few days ago, we asked to hear from those of you
0:04.7	who are essential workers, those of you
0:07.0	who can't stay home right now about what you're thinking about
0:10.6	and what's helping you.
0:12.2	And we've heard from so many of you since then, thank you.
0:15.8	We're working on an episode that represents
0:17.7	the range of workers we heard from.
0:19.7	That'll come out on Wednesday.
0:21.5	But today, I wanted to start with this one voice memo
0:24.3	that came in.
0:25.4	This listener recorded it outside while she was on a walk.
0:30.8	Hi, Anna.
0:32.4	My name is Jennifer Dunham.
0:35.0	I work as a surgical nurse.
0:37.4	You know, I'll...
0:39.2	Getting to work,
0:42.4	being able to work,
0:45.2	having the privilege to work,
0:47.8	and then having the fear that maybe I'm bringing this home
0:51.0	to my family.
0:52.0	Oh, wait, it's heavily on my mind.
	...

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