Nurse Practitioner to the Neighborhood
Story shared by Jennifer G. of North County
As a Nurse Practitioner during this time life is pretty busy. There is an added layer of stress while at work to protect myself and not bring COVID home to my family. There are children in our neighborhood who have underlying health conditions and nervous parents. So I have protective gear and do home visits for neighbors when they aren’t feeling well and have (to date) just provided reassurance that what they are experiencing is not COVID.
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