In the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, hospital workers like Amos Walker were treated like heroes.
More than a year later, that outward support is largely gone, even as hospitals and their employees are struggling with a second surge of COVID-19 patients. Health care workers who thought the pandemic was fading this spring, with the arrival of vaccines, are again working in wards full of patients fighting for their lives against the respiratory illness.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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