International Nurses Week 2021: Three Nurses Share Stories of Commitment and Resilience

LISTEN TIME | 12:18

In honor of International Nurses Day, which was held on May 12, 2021, TeleTracking's Maria Romano sat down with three nurses to talk about how they led through the last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The conversation features:

• Shawn Mabry, System Director for Sinai Chicago's Patient Transfer and Navigation Center

• Tom Tsitas, an RN with Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Florida

• Kelly Cushman, an RN with Maidstone & Turnbridge Wells, the NHS Trust in the UK

Each nursing leader shares the important role, and incredible care, their teams provided to their communities during one of the most challenging times the profession has faced in more than 100 years.  They also share stories of colleagues who went above and beyond for their patients, including a nurse who created a “clothes closet” for patients who needed clothes upon discharge; a nurse who went to a patient’s house to care for his dog throughout his entire stay; and nurses who developed protocols to improve patient outcomes by reducing the time it takes to place an emergency department patient in a critical care unit.