As much as coronavirus has changed us, it's also reminded us of our individual and collective resilience, too.

"This is what nurses do. This is what we were made for. And this is really a time to shine."

Cate Rhangos (BSN `19) discovered something when she cared for Sloan Kettering Hospital's first COVID patient: he was worried about everyone else, including her.

Brent Lankford (BSN `10) is an emergency department charge nurse. Volunteer fire chief. Part-time educator. Father. Son. Brother.

The walk into Jessica Herren’s (BSN `18) job at NYU Langone Hospital is part march, part meditation.

“UVA trained us to approach the situation at hand with confidence that we are capable of handling the current crisis,” says Dickinson (BSN `19).

"Yes, this is not something any of us were expecting, but we can do it," said Conner, a nurse caring for COVID patients at Northwell Hospital on Long Island.

"When it comes to nitty-gritty stuff in the trenches," says advanced practice nurse Scott Darrah (MSN `15), who's caring for COVID patients, "we're serious."

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