Do you think you are a "hero"?

Not a nurse here. I still have the vivid memory of patients and coworkers. A code blue one after another. Admission and discharge. Our unit was always packed. Had a few coworkers landed in ICU and other one expired. Still too young to die. 

On 9/3/2021 at 6:43 AM, T-Bird78 said:

No, we’re just a little crazier than most people  LOL. We do put ourselves in harm’s way on a daily basis, but we are trained in how to safely do that and have the necessary equipment to do that. Police, firefighters, military are heroes because they not only put themselves in direct harm’s way, their lives are on the line in an instant. One bad fire or one bullet could be the end of them. Either way, we are all just doing our job. 

Trained, maybe.  Necessary equipment, not so much.  Or aren't you guys affected by supply shortages?  Shortages of isolation gowns?  Buying your own masks off Amazon because the ones provided by the hospital to wear for a 12 hour shift tear after an hour or two?  Providing your own face shields because although the hospital requires them, they  don't have enough to provide them for all of the staff?  Making sure you wear two pairs of gloves at all times because the gloves provided are prone to tearing?  

We're all doing out jobs, but without the necessary equipment to do that unless we provide it ourselves.