Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid? – AuthenticAfrican

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In 2014, Martha Phillips, an American nurse, traveled to West Africa during the Ebola crisis to provide medical care. Treating Ebola not only taught her how to stay safe around a deadly virus but also how to manage the stress and sadness of working during a disease outbreak. She

Nothing could have prepared Martha Phillips for her work with Ebola patients in West Africa. Now she is sharing advice with nurses in the U.S. as they tend to those stricken with COVID-19.

(Image credit: Martha Phillips)