by Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, America Outloud:

Since the beginning of 2020, when covid first hit, I have witnessed many changes to our healthcare system. A system that I have been a part of for the past 26 years. From the very beginning, much of what we were doing did not make any logical sense, and it flew in the face of everything that we have historically done as healthcare professionals. Suddenly it seemed as if the guiding principles of ethical nursing were so easily dismissed, and without question.