A Nurses’ Point of View on COVID and Health Care

"Lived experience" testimony and conclusions

Health care providers—nurses, doctors, midwives, and health care workers—attend the 4th Zumba dance session organized by the Nursing Council of Kenya at Kenyatta stadium where screening booths and an isolation field hospital are installed for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Machakos, Kenya, on June 19, 2020. Organization (WHO). Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images

Guest Essay—

Background on Corrine Lund, RN: Her political beliefs closely align with libertarian conservatism but are strongly influenced by her Natsarim-based faith. In her role as an RN [registered nurse], it is her general practice to always leave her political beliefs at home. She is committed to treating every patient with the best health care she can provide no matter what their political beliefs, religious affiliations, social views, or current disposition might be. She believes that every health care provider should practice the same. In her professional capacity, she takes an apolitical stance regarding health care. She believes that an RN’s job is to provide health care to patients, not debate it with pundits. However, from an RN perspective, the politics surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have proven to be extremely diametric.