Rising COVID cases have filled up hospital beds, forcing patients with other ailments to wait in the emergency department for hours - or not be seen at all, said Tracie Neilson, a critical care nurse with Cone Health.
"That's not a position any hospital wants to be in," she said. "But you're tying our hands if we're full with COVID beds."
Tracie shared her experiences as part of NCHA's 'Frontline Voices', a series of short videos featuring frontline healthcare workers sharing what it's like taking care of COVID patients as cases and deaths continue to increase.
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