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Mt. Juliet nurse shares difficult homecoming after COVID travel nursing

Blake Farmer

February 2, 2022

Sara Dean
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There came a point for Sara Dean where uprooting or being separated from her 12-year-old daughter to continue travel nursing wasn’t worth the sacrifice.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID-19, hospital capacity, hospitals, travel nursing

ECMO Life Support In Short Supply Across Tennessee And The COVID-Ravaged South

Blake Farmer

August 31, 2021

ECMO at Ascension
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Many more people could benefit from ECMO than are receiving it. That has made for a messy triaging of treatment that could escalate in the coming weeks

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care Tagged With: COVID-19, ECMO, hospital capacity

13 Hospitals, Including Vanderbilt, Now Receiving Staffing Help From Tennessee Guard

Blake Farmer

August 26, 2021

Guard at Ballad

The Tennessee Guard is now pitching in at 13 hospitals that requested staffing assistance, including the largest hospitals in the state.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care Tagged With: hospital capacity, hospitals, Tennessee Guard

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