HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - After decades in the emergency room, Ronda Ehley, Chief Nursing Officer at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, still carries the emotional scars — not just from what she’s seen, but from how the public’s view of healthcare has changed.

“Our world has changed since COVID,” Ehley said. “I never thought I would experience a pandemic in the United States.”

Ehley says that people’s view of her job changed rapidly during the pandemic, adding stress on the entire medical profession.

“Things were so unknown. Things changed every day. It was really high stress for our staff and our providers,” Ehley said. “We’re still coming out of it, yet, I think the challenge that we face today as providers is the patients.”

“We went from what we called heroes to zeros,” Ehley recall

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