Support UVA Hospital Staff Through COVID
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In recent Cavalier Daily article, they noted the struggles that UVA First responders are facing.
“Our staff is unbelievably exhausted,” TJ Lovdal, critical care registered nurse and president-elect of the hospital’s Professional Nursing Staff Organization, said. “We felt at first like this was a sprint, and then we realized it was going to be a little bit more like a marathon. And now it's like ... at least a marathon you know when the end is, and you were able to train for it, and you were ready for it and you knew what you were getting into.”
The hospital’s mandatory overtime requirement — instituted because of the rising cases of COVID-19 — has led to even greater exhaustion among hospital staff, and has required many of the hospital’s nurses and nursing assistants to move to units other than their home unit. Nurses who work primarily in pediatrics or in the emergency department, for example, are now often required to float to units that are outside of their specialty, including COVID-19 units.
We are hoping to raise money to support the hospital staff who is taking care of our community through this difficult time. These funds will help provide additional coffee and meals and donuts and bagels (and anything else donors want to suggest and support), and people who want to send letters and pictures and show their support in other ways. The more money they raise, the more they can do to support these first responders.
“Our staff is unbelievably exhausted,” TJ Lovdal, critical care registered nurse and president-elect of the hospital’s Professional Nursing Staff Organization, said. “We felt at first like this was a sprint, and then we realized it was going to be a little bit more like a marathon. And now it's like ... at least a marathon you know when the end is, and you were able to train for it, and you were ready for it and you knew what you were getting into.”
The hospital’s mandatory overtime requirement — instituted because of the rising cases of COVID-19 — has led to even greater exhaustion among hospital staff, and has required many of the hospital’s nurses and nursing assistants to move to units other than their home unit. Nurses who work primarily in pediatrics or in the emergency department, for example, are now often required to float to units that are outside of their specialty, including COVID-19 units.
We are hoping to raise money to support the hospital staff who is taking care of our community through this difficult time. These funds will help provide additional coffee and meals and donuts and bagels (and anything else donors want to suggest and support), and people who want to send letters and pictures and show their support in other ways. The more money they raise, the more they can do to support these first responders.
Organizer
Kim Levinstein
Organizer
Charlottesville, VA
