Nursing in radiology, the profession that I love, has always been a complex job. Typically, a day’s work for a radiology nurse can include consoling a crying child having an IV placed, or listening to a cancer patient, teaching discharge instructions, assisting with an acute code stroke victim in neuro, or giving sedation and pain medication to a patient during a procedure.
What does nursing in radiology feel like now, in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic?
In a time full of uncertainty, what is certain is that our nurses are dedicated to providing care with compassion. We have remained flexible, sacrificing our daily routines in an effort to ensure that our patients will never be without care. We have embraced the many procedural changes required to keep ourselves and our colleagues as safe as possible. We have had to manage the added personal responsibilities for family…
