The Environmental Services team plays a crucial role in keeping patients and staff safe. It's a difficult job but the gratitude they received kept them going.

A hospital chaplain, who says she's made for this work, shares how she lost all hope, until the love of a nursing assistant to a patient restored it.

A nurse describes the challenges of welcoming babies during a pandemic.

Two Equipped for Life team members talk about the need to quickly change their processes during the early days of the pandemic.

A Meritus team member talks about her pride in how the teams adjusted to the needs of their patients

Meritus Health's President and CEO shares a memory of how patients visited their loved ones through the windows of the new COVID-19 unit.

A nurse remembers how she and her team members stepped in as family to their patients who felt alone.

COVID-19 patients in isolation struggled emotionally and Meritus team members found meaningful ways to connect through their layers of PPE.

A medical assistant shares how she witnessed more than she ever could have imagined working in healthcare during a pandemic.

A hospital chaplain questions her abilities during the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.

Within days, a dedicated team set up drive-thru COVID-19 testing. They didn't just offer testing to more than 200,000 people, they had experiences that will touch their lives forever.

A Unit Secretary notices how helping people at their worst has changed her view on life.

An experienced nurse midwife describes the challenges of caring for her patients in new ways, and the joy of delivering new babies during a pandemic.

A Speech Language Pathologist quicky supports a COVID-19 vaccine clinic and feels grateful for the experience.

A nurse shares how her teams hit the streets to vaccinate community members in a mobile unit.

A veteran caregiver shares the emotion of seeing so many patients that were so sick, and how overwhelming it was to experience.

A physical therapy assistant explains how Meritus teams worked together to put their patients first.

Two respiratory therapists say teamwork is the only way they were able to make it through the challenges.

A nurse shares how through the highs and lows, the nurses she worked with went above and beyond to celebrate with and grieve for their patients.

An office secretary took on a new role to support team members caring for COVID-19 patients at a time when she lost a loved one to the virus.

A nursing manager explains how her teams were trying to figure out how to care for a new disease during uncertain times but never stopped supporting the emotions of their isolated patients.

An occupational therapist explains how everyone, from the CEO to clinical teams took on new roles to support each other.

A nurse shares how she and her teams supported patients at a time their families couldn't.

A provider shares how healthcare workers were initially cheered for, then experienced an entirely different reaction from the community.

A nurse shares how experiencing the worst of the worst and the best of the best has motivated him to further his career.

A Phlebotomist who worked on COVID-19 floors shares the challenges healthcare workers endured, but her pride of being part of a team that never gave up.

A resident shares his experiences navigating a global pandemic, and how educating his patients on receiving the vaccine felt like winning against the virus, one shot at a time.

The Environmental Services team plays a crucial role in keeping patients and staff safe. It's a difficult job but the gratitude they received kept them going.