Part 5 – Buffy Riley has worries about coronavirus but no regrets Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an ongoing series of stories profiling Buffy Riley and her three weeks working as a nurse in the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak. These links will take you...
Part 4: Wisconsin nurse treating coronavirus patients in New York describes an Easter of multiple deaths, despair, and doubts. Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an ongoing series of stories profiling Wisconsin resident Elizabeth “Buffy” Riley and her three weeks...
Buffy Riley experiences the harsh realities at the current center of the outbreak Editor’s note: This is the third in an ongoing series of stories profiling Wisconsin resident Elizabeth “Buffy” Riley and her three weeks working as a nurse in New York. Read Part 1 and...
Trading the calm of Cumberland for the chaos of pandemic’s epicenter Elizabeth “Buffy” Riley has read the headlines and viewed the news accounts of overworked medical personnel in New York hospitals being exposed to the deadly coronavirus as they work frantically to...
Staffing plans under constant review. Leaders seeking national help finding supplies. There are few more dangerous jobs to have right now in healthcare than the doctors, nurses, nursing assistants and support staff who are caring for COVID-19 patients. Add on...