‘We would fight the fear and do it anyway’
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‘We would fight the fear and do it anyway’

Sam Mabey Puttock Specialist nurse, COVID-19 local test and trace, Manchester Local Care Organisation

The striking similarities between the early days of HIV and the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the challenges nurses are facing

When one of the UK’s first COVID-19 patients was diagnosed at my hospital last March, it struck me that my colleagues may be experiencing the same rollercoaster of emotions I once did as an HIV nurse.

Nursing Standard. 36, 3, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/ns.36.3.11.s7

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