How much of a strain or toll is this pandemic taking on our nurses. We talked with Julie McBrien, she is the VP of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Officer at the Middlesex Hospital Alliance which is made up of Strathroy Hospital and Four Counties in Newbury. She’s been on the job since August and says plain and simple, it is taking a toll.
myFM straight up asked O’Brien if there was a nursing shortage locally and she did not hesitate to confirm it.
McBrien says they do have staffing challenges at the present time but they are actively seeking more nurses to fill staffing numbers, as many nurses from time to time are off due to many reasons including having COVID or awaiting test results, general sickness, maternity leave and hour reduction requests.