China News Service, September 25. Recently, the Canadian "Sing Tao Daily" published an article about a Chinese nurse who took the initiative to take care of patients with COVID-19 after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia.

　　The article is excerpted as follows:

　　On January 23, 2020, a Chinese nurse surnamed Clarice Shen (Clarice Shen) started her own shift work.

However, when she checked her evening work schedule in a general internal medicine ward of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, she noticed an empty room with the word "closed" on it.

　　In an interview, 25-year-old Nurse Shen said: “I think it’s a bit strange that I have been arranged to take care of a'closed' hospital bed.” She asked the supervisor if there was any problem with the room allocation.

　　Her supervisor explained that this room is reserved for patients with suspected cases of new coronary pneumonia because it is a negative pressure isolation room with an independent ventilation system.

　　Nurse Shen said that at that time, everyone didn't know much about the new coronary pneumonia and did not know how to take care of the patients.

"I thought to myself:'How likely is it to admit such a patient this night?'"

　　But a few hours later, they received a call from the emergency department. Nurse Shen’s supervisor told her that they were treating a patient with respiratory symptoms.

The patient will be taken to the isolation ward of their unit, and before his test results come out, he will be treated as a Person Under Investigation (PUI).

　　Nurse Shen said: "I have never felt scared, but that everything is not real." She just kept thinking about what to do, and various questions arose.

　　Before the patient arrived, the hospital duty manager arrived at the ward and gave Nurse Shen detailed instructions on how to put on and take off the required personal protective equipment (PPE), and what to do if the patient suddenly deteriorated or needed first aid.

　　The patient was then sent to the ward and taken into the isolation room.

When Nurse Shen went in to introduce herself and explain the next nursing steps, she realized that it was not just the medical staff who felt the pressure.

　　"Everyone wears personal protective equipment and stays away from him as much as possible. There is no family member around the patient, which must be scary for him."

　　Later when the patient's virus test result was confirmed positive, Nurse Shen said: "I have been thinking, he must feel very lonely."

　　She had three days on duty that week, so she did the most reasonable thing for her, which was to call the supervisor and volunteer to take care of the patient for the rest of the week.

She explained: "I am a person familiar with the patient, and I feel at ease about the protocols and rules to be followed. In addition, I live alone and will not put any vulnerable members of the family at risk. Then why not do this. What?"

　　"I feel that the experiences and decisions in my life have been leading me to that moment."

　　As a member of the Acute Care Nursing Resource Team (ACNRT) of Xinning Hospital, Nurse Shen volunteered to take care of patients diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia after entering a new job for 3 months.

　　Nurse Shen said: "I know this is what I want to do."

　　Two months later, when the Canadian government announced the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, Nurse Shen once again asked Ying to work in a newly established department to take care of patients with new crown pneumonia.

　　She said: "Each of us will be paired with an ICU nurse, and then as a team to take care of two patients. This is really a challenging experience."

　　This experience also made her think about her career direction. She is now considering studying for a professional certificate in critical care in the near future, "I know this is what I want to do."

　　Nurse Shen said that during the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia, she also experienced some difficult moments due to the continuous restrictions and changes that all medical workers, patients and family members have to face.

She said: "When visits are restricted, it is very difficult for patients. We try our best to fill this gap, sometimes using technologies such as tablet computers and video phones to help patients stay in touch."

　　"I have always enjoyed my time with my patients, trying to help them understand what happened. It's as simple as explaining why I put saline in their IV tube. I try to make them feel that we are not here What to do with them, but to do things with them. Now, this becomes even more important because many patients do not have the support system they usually have."