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ICU nurse 'prescribes' mindfulness to help COVID-19 survivors cope

from U.S. News & World Report via WTOP-FM

ICU nurse 'prescribes' mindfulness to help COVID-19 survivors cope U.S. News & World Report via WTOP-FM Early in the COVID-19 pandemic at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, critical care nurse John Shepard ran into a colleague dressed head-to-toe in personal protective equipment. He was about to enter the room of a COVID patient and looked nervous. Shepard asked him how he was doing. "He said, 'John, I'm a nurse and my wife's a nurse. We have three small children, and we're just waiting to find out which one of us is going to bring this home,'" Shepard remembers. "Tears welled up in his eyes." That moment has stayed with Shepard, who, as the hospital's mindfulness program manager, has strived to help reduce the psychological effects of the crisis on the hospital's workers and patients. READ MORE

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