Nursing Faculty Provide Acts of Care and Service During Pandemic granted vacation leave to her husband, Deputy Chris By Lisa Jane Laird Chappell, to take care of their five children full time. Hailed as health care heroes, Snow College’s nursDuring Chappell’s time in New York, the eastern ing faculty performed many acts of care and service states were the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis in through the spring and summer in response to the the United States. Since then, cases have increased worldwide coronavirus pandemic Nursing faculty cared for patients who had contracted COVID-19 both in New Kami Tyler, practical nursing instructor, helps with personal protective equipment and medical supply donations headed to the Navajo Nation. York City and in Snow College’s sixcounty service area. They also led efforts with their students and communities to gather medical supplies and gear for the Navajo Nation, one of the areas in the U.S. that was hardest hit by COVID-19. The Navajo Nation covers portions of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Toward the end of spring semester, one faculty member and two alumni traveled to New York City to assist with surges. Rebecca Chappell, Snow College nursing instructor, was among 100 Intermountain Healthcare providers loaned to work in New York hospitals. She was joined by Snow College alumni Trina Johnson (’01) and Shelly Wood (’08), who are nurses at Sanpete Valley Hospital. Chappell worked in New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital from April 16 to May 2. In addition to her regular employment at Snow College, Chappell is a nurse in the Sevier Valley Hospital emergency room and an emergency medical technician for Sevier County. To support Chappell’s service, Snow colleagues finished her spring courses for her. Nursing students were supportive of her decision to volunteer, and Chappell noted that the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office
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