W
orking in the
ICU comes as
a culture
shock to
surgical
professionals who have grown
accustomed to the immediate
gratification of caring for
patients where successful out-
comes are the norm. "I was
cleaning the bed of someone who
had died, getting ready for the next
patient and another chance," says
Joana Borgonos, RN, pausing before
finishing her thought. "That was a tough
day."
It was the toughest of many tough days the
operating room nurse at New York Presbyterian
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in
Manhattan has endured since trading in her
scrubs for an isolation gown to help care for
COVID-19 patients during this unprecedented
worldwide pandemic. She helps administer
medications, place feeding tubes and reposition
Stepping Up During the
The response from ORs in the care of COVID-19
patients has been extraordinary.
Daniel Cook | Editor-in-Chief
• NATIONAL PRIDE Surgical
staff from around the country remain
dedicated to helping their communi-
ties get through the pandemic.
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