[Expert Solution]: As I read the discussion question this…

As I read the discussion question this week, memories of the Covid-19 pandemic come flooding back. In the early stages of the pandemic, nurses and support staff were on the front lines, not knowing exactly how to handle the disease or how it was spread. During this time, it was our job to educate, and engage with the public to help them stay protected during uncertainty. Nurses were looked upon to have the knowledge, skills and abilities to protect those who were at the greatest risk of becoming sick (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine et al., 2021). At our hospital, we set up a temporary triage center, separate from the hospital to help reduce the spread of the virus. We conducted screenings for the Covid virus, in an area separate from the triage center. We educated others on how to stay healthy by proper hand hygiene, wearing masks when sick, and keeping our distance from others. During this time, we worked with multidisciplinary teams to determine how the disease was spread, how to keep the disease from spreading and how to protect the public and ourselves from the virus. Nurses implemented proper use of PPE, and when visitors were allowed into our hospitals, we educated on proper use of PPE, don-ing and doff-ing PPE to prevent the spread of the virus. Throughout the pandemic, we had to adapt to the constant change of protocols, lack of PPE, and short staffing, all in an effort to protect the public (Marymount University, 2024). While I don’t ever want to go through another pandemic in my lifetime, because of my experience and struggles during the Covid pandemic, I now have the information and knowledge on how to keep myself and others safe from other potential illnesses.