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- My name is First
Lieutenant Jillian Buck.

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I am originally from Crofton, Maryland

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and I am currently stationed

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with the 60th Medical Group

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at David Grant Medical Center

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at Travis Air Force Base.

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This is my first mission

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with the Community Regional
Medical Center here in Fresno.

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I'm grateful for the opportunity

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to contribute my skillset

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and for the new perspective

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this opportunity has given me.

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The staff here works so hard

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and I know they have been doing this

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for the last nine months.

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We're grateful to provide them some relief

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and also help them

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in nurse-to-patient ratios.

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My role in this deployment

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is as a clinical nurse.

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The more nurses that we're able to provide

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the better the nurse-to-patient ratio is,

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which ends up with

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better care for the patients,

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more time for the nurses

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to take care of those patients.

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Taking care of five
medical surgical patients

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can be extremely challenging

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even in the best of times

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when all patients are stable.

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Introducing COVID, unstable patients

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and increased nurse-to-patient ratios

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as additional challenges
to caring for patients.

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Working with civilian doctors and nurses

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has been similar to working

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with our own doctors and nurses.

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We're still working on the policies

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and new communication techniques

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but it's been a great
opportunity thus far.

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The nurses have been extremely welcoming

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and grateful to have us.

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They've been great teammates

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and I look forward to
working with them further.