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‘I feel so honored, privileged, grateful, jazzed’: Nurse describes COVID-19 vaccine experience

Nurse among first in New Mexico to get COVID-19 vaccine

I feel so honored, privileged, grateful jazz. It was about mid December, and we had gotten word that the vaccine has officially arrived in New Mexico, and it went straight to one specific hospital Christmas ST Vincent. It’s in Santa Fe, and this was the first hospital in the entire state of New Mexico to get this vaccine. So this was a big deal. Dominic was one of the first one of the first in the state. Not only does his hospital, but the entire state of New Mexico. I received the vaccination on December the 14th and my second three weeks, exactly following on January, the fourth soreness at the injection sites for about a day and a half, 36 hours. And then just after my shot that evening, I was like extremely tired, so fatigue and lethargy. But after a good night’s sleep, I was spying, being a nurse and representing the nursing and my front line providers. I was so privileged and honored and genuinely grateful because I managed a staff of more than 140 providers, and we take care of patients that have been compromised by the virus, not only in our smaller city of Santa Fe. But the Navajo Nation other areas in New Mexico, Arizona, in Texas as well, so exceptionally special is an understatement for receiving vaccination. He wanted to try to dispel any of those fears by jumping to the front of the line there, and I think you can see that just threw out any community, not just the hospital or the state of New Mexico. There are those that are concerned about getting this vaccine. But then we’re also seeing others that are stepping up saying, Hey, I want to get this and I want to get my shot publicly So this was me Receiving the vaccine and being the first one to receive the vaccine was my little 15 minutes of fame. I have to tell you, even interviewing him, I could feel his excitement. He had a big grin on his face, and he was just so excited to be able to get the vaccine first and also be a leader for his team. He is a nurse manager, so he wanted to make sure that he was able to lead by example. The vaccine was simple, easy. I just believe everyone should do it as soon as they were able to. But the duration of this pandemic has just been so extreme and working so closely with expanding containment units and the process. It’s been just really a really challenging one of the exciting and grand things about is wheeling out recovered patients? Eso That’s really great. We’re dealing with Death Weekly is really challenging. Yes, for everybody on the unit, especially the families who have to say goodbye on soon. It’s heartbreaking, heart wrenching, but I have the most amazing crew of intensive ists and hospitalists and respiratory therapists are physical speech, occupational therapists as well. Besides our nurses and our AIDS and our housekeeper’s everybody really works as a team, and we’re persevering to really get this done. So we’re here. But it z not easy every day. I mean, Covic changed everyone’s life, right, and the news industry is no different as a journalist. In this time you’re hearing the stories firsthand. You’re hearing about the health care workers that are putting their lives in jeopardy every day. Take care of people, and when you’re telling these stories what’s heartbreaking, to hear it firsthand, what’s going on in your own community that you’re serving, and it’s even that more important that we continue to cover this and that. We continue to share the word latest updates regarding how you can better take care of yourself when the vaccine is available in your community. Who’s eligible at this phase. But you know, it’s a heavy time for a lot of people.

‘I feel so honored, privileged, grateful, jazzed’: Nurse describes COVID-19 vaccine experience

Nurse among first in New Mexico to get COVID-19 vaccine

Nurse Dominick Armijo says working in the medical field has been anything but easy as of late. “The duration of this pandemic has just been so extreme. And working so closely with expanding containment units and the process. It’s been just really, really challenging. One of the exciting and grand things about this is wheeling out recovered patients. So that’s really great. But dealing with death weekly is really challenging. For everybody on the unit, especially the families who have to say goodbye on Zoom. You know, it’s heartbreaking, heart-wrenching.”Armijo works at Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was one of the first in the state to get the vaccine. As a manager of more than 140 medical providers, he wanted to lead by example by happily getting his vaccine. Watch more about Armijo’s vaccine experience, and why he feels it’s so important for medical providers to share their stories. We are living in unprecedented times with COVID-19 spreading across the nation and world, and the stories about how people are coping, battling, and persevering through the pandemic have become more important than ever. In each episode, “Field Notes” brings you a handful of stories about how coronavirus has impacted real people across the United States, and you can hear more about what it’s like to cover the pandemic from the local news teams that are committed to keeping you informed, no matter what.

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Nurse Dominick Armijo says working in the medical field has been anything but easy as of late.

“The duration of this pandemic has just been so extreme. And working so closely with expanding containment units and the process. It’s been just really, really challenging. One of the exciting and grand things about this is wheeling out recovered patients. So that’s really great. But dealing with death weekly is really challenging. For everybody on the unit, especially the families who have to say goodbye on Zoom. You know, it’s heartbreaking, heart-wrenching.”

Armijo works at Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was one of the first in the state to get the vaccine. As a manager of more than 140 medical providers, he wanted to lead by example by happily getting his vaccine.

Watch more about Armijo’s vaccine experience, and why he feels it’s so important for medical providers to share their stories.

We are living in unprecedented times with COVID-19 spreading across the nation and world, and the stories about how people are coping, battling, and persevering through the pandemic have become more important than ever.

In each episode, “Field Notes” brings you a handful of stories about how coronavirus has impacted real people across the United States, and you can hear more about what it’s like to cover the pandemic from the local news teams that are committed to keeping you informed, no matter what.