A Nurse’s Perspective on the Pandemic

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Mar 17, 2023 | All Talk, Program, Talk of the Bay, Wellness | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

A Nurse's Perspective on the Pandemic

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We are now three years into the covid 19 pandemic that has spread worldwide. Society has since adjusted to living in an active pandemic, but one environment that has been severely impacted is hospitals and medical care facilities. Cabrillo student Aja Anderson talks with Amy Rodriquez, a licensed nurse from Bascom Surgery Center Los Gatos, with experience in the ICU field for twenty three years and has continued to be on the front lines throughout the pandemic. In this interview she shares how current-day hospitals and medical centers operate with covid and the costs of making medical decisions through the lens of the for-profit business model.

About The Author

Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.