1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 My name is Jasmine crowd said I graduated from 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,850 UND December 2020 with 3 00:00:05,850 --> 00:00:09,810 my BSN and I'm working on ultra hospital on sixth floor. 4 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:14,205 Bsn is Bachelors of Science in Nursing. 5 00:00:14,205 --> 00:00:18,570 And isn't what you expected so far? 6 00:00:18,570 --> 00:00:22,740 I'm kind of depends on the day. 7 00:00:22,740 --> 00:00:24,390 Every day in nursing is different. 8 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:25,770 You show up and you don't know 9 00:00:25,770 --> 00:00:27,255 what your day is gonna look like, 10 00:00:27,255 --> 00:00:30,970 but you just get right to it and start your day. 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,610 Do you remember when you first 12 00:00:35,610 --> 00:00:39,325 realized that COVID was going to complicate your life? 13 00:00:39,325 --> 00:00:41,210 Yeah. When I realize 14 00:00:41,210 --> 00:00:42,680 COVID is going to complicate my life, 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,200 it was spring break. 16 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,330 We didn't have COVID in North Dakota 17 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:49,640 yet that I remember me and my friends 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,690 inside to take a trip to 19 00:00:50,690 --> 00:00:53,930 Texas and we'd all got these loads on her phone. 20 00:00:53,930 --> 00:00:55,564 Everything in Texas was close. 21 00:00:55,564 --> 00:00:57,050 I think we had three days 22 00:00:57,050 --> 00:00:58,610 left of our trip and we were like, 23 00:00:58,610 --> 00:01:00,530 we need to find tickets and go home now 24 00:01:00,530 --> 00:01:02,420 because if they shut the airports down, 25 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:05,135 it's gonna be a long drive home from Texas. 26 00:01:05,135 --> 00:01:06,590 I think while we were doing that, 27 00:01:06,590 --> 00:01:08,510 we also received an email from UND 28 00:01:08,510 --> 00:01:11,299 that said schools online. 29 00:01:11,299 --> 00:01:12,860 As far as we know, there was 30 00:01:12,860 --> 00:01:16,115 no day that we were set to come back. 31 00:01:16,115 --> 00:01:18,365 That Monday after spring break. 32 00:01:18,365 --> 00:01:21,750 We all got on our computers, logged in, 33 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:24,470 started class as we would 34 00:01:24,470 --> 00:01:28,805 have in-person just through a computer screen. 35 00:01:28,805 --> 00:01:31,145 And I think that moment I was like, 36 00:01:31,145 --> 00:01:33,140 is this what it's going to 37 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:34,580 be from now on we're just going to be 38 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:37,640 through a screen that was kind of eye-opening 39 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,170 that it was that quick to 40 00:01:39,170 --> 00:01:42,440 change everything we were used to. 41 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,540 Did you have any thoughts 42 00:01:44,540 --> 00:01:47,465 that maybe this isn't what you wanted to do? 43 00:01:47,465 --> 00:01:50,720 You think about changing? 44 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,840 I don't think that thought ever crossed my mind just 45 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,515 because the whole world was going through it. 46 00:01:57,515 --> 00:02:00,065 It wasn't necessarily just nursing, 47 00:02:00,065 --> 00:02:01,820 although nursing had other challenges 48 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:03,275 at the same time with COVID. 49 00:02:03,275 --> 00:02:06,380 But I think everyone in the world 50 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:09,305 was going through the same thing 51 00:02:09,305 --> 00:02:11,780 to a different extent that we were. 52 00:02:11,780 --> 00:02:13,490 Nursing had other challenges. 53 00:02:13,490 --> 00:02:14,690 What do you mean? 54 00:02:14,690 --> 00:02:17,210 Caring for COVID patients? 55 00:02:17,210 --> 00:02:19,835 Learning how to care for COVID patients? 56 00:02:19,835 --> 00:02:22,160 I think in the beginning, 57 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,870 there was a lot of uncertainties about 58 00:02:23,870 --> 00:02:25,460 COVID as far as research 59 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:26,810 and it just being 60 00:02:26,810 --> 00:02:29,030 something new and not knowing much about it. 61 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:33,410 So Everyone in the healthcare world had to 62 00:02:33,410 --> 00:02:35,450 figure out how to care for this at 63 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:36,725 the same time as going through 64 00:02:36,725 --> 00:02:38,945 every other change in the world. 65 00:02:38,945 --> 00:02:41,390 You hear a lot of talk about 66 00:02:41,390 --> 00:02:44,480 burnout among healthcare professionals. 67 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:45,965 Have you seen that? 68 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:47,945 Have you sensed it yourself? 69 00:02:47,945 --> 00:02:50,790 I've definitely seen it. 70 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:54,350 Probably sensed it myself a little bit. 71 00:02:54,350 --> 00:02:56,300 While going through a pandemic. 72 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,145 We are short staffed as well. 73 00:02:58,145 --> 00:03:01,160 So it is a lot of pressure on our nurses. 74 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,060 Things I tried to do with self-care, my days off. 75 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:06,800 I take time just for myself, 76 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,200 whether that's getting a massage or 77 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,940 going shopping or just doing things you 78 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:13,100 enjoy to take time out of work. 79 00:03:13,100 --> 00:03:14,840 And while at work, 80 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,640 working as a team to help each other because we 81 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,590 all know we can get overwhelmed. 82 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:20,270 We have a lot of things going on. 83 00:03:20,270 --> 00:03:22,085 So if you have a second of downtime 84 00:03:22,085 --> 00:03:23,270 asking her coworkers there, 85 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:25,325 something I can do for you to help you today 86 00:03:25,325 --> 00:03:28,070 is makes a big difference in their day. 87 00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:29,900 And people have done it for me and it makes 88 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,540 a big difference in my day to how about 89 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:35,090 the university and its relationships 90 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:37,700 with students, with nursing students? 91 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:42,155 The university handle it as well as they could be. 92 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:43,025 Do you feel? 93 00:03:43,025 --> 00:03:45,005 I definitely think they did. 94 00:03:45,005 --> 00:03:46,700 It was a big change for students, 95 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:49,190 but it was also a big change for the professors because 96 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:52,860 they had never done it online like this before. 97 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,550 Understanding that we're learning, 98 00:03:55,550 --> 00:03:57,950 but they're also learning to the best way to teach 99 00:03:57,950 --> 00:04:01,325 us the things they would be teaching us in the classroom. 100 00:04:01,325 --> 00:04:03,170 Finding the best way to do that online. 101 00:04:03,170 --> 00:04:05,810 They, they really did a good job at that. 102 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:07,850 I know it wasn't easy, 103 00:04:07,850 --> 00:04:09,980 but I really thank 104 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:11,780 them for the time they put it in what they did 105 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:13,250 for us because it was amazing to 106 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:16,580 see them go through all of that and help us. 107 00:04:16,580 --> 00:04:19,970 Any lessons learned, anything you learned 108 00:04:19,970 --> 00:04:23,360 about yourself because of this experience. 109 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,740 Yeah. 110 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:26,630 Definitely have to have 111 00:04:26,630 --> 00:04:28,100 an open mind and just go with the flow, 112 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:29,615 whatever that day brings. 113 00:04:29,615 --> 00:04:31,670 You just have to tackle it. 114 00:04:31,670 --> 00:04:35,375 Definitely has helped me in my professional role too. 115 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:38,030 Every day you're going to have new patients. 116 00:04:38,030 --> 00:04:40,250 They're going to have different things going on. 117 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:42,260 Each day is gonna be different. 118 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:45,365 You pleased with how you responded to it? 119 00:04:45,365 --> 00:04:47,915 Did you feel like, hey, I can handle this? 120 00:04:47,915 --> 00:04:49,145 I do. 121 00:04:49,145 --> 00:04:51,230 Looking back, feel like I handled it pretty well, 122 00:04:51,230 --> 00:04:52,610 but at the time when things would come 123 00:04:52,610 --> 00:04:55,370 up is definitely stressful. 124 00:04:55,370 --> 00:04:58,415 But at the time everyone is going through those things. 125 00:04:58,415 --> 00:05:00,560 And we all, my class, 126 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,600 my professors did the best we could. 127 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,325 Yeah, I feel like we handled that really well. 128 00:05:04,325 --> 00:05:08,400 Being the first this hasn't happened before, you know.