Behind the Scenes of A Covid-19 Quarantine Facility – An Interview with Emily Topalanchik, RN

On today's episode, I interview Emily Topalanchik, a nursing supervisor at a local Covid-19 quarantine facility in Seattle, WA.&nbsp;&nbsp;Emily has previous experience as an acute care nurse, but when the pandemic hit, she started working in the quarantine&nbsp;facilities (in addition to her full-time job) and has a very behind the scenes look at this side to infection control and prevention of community spread.&nbsp;&nbsp; Emily shares with us the day to day of the operations at this facility and how they keep their quarantined individuals safe and cared for. She has learned a lot about her practice as a nurse from this experience and has learned to check her biases and use harm reduction strategies in caring for guests. Emily also discusses the results of a UW Impact study that shows the REAL benefit to the community, where they predicted that the facilities saved at least 5,000 - 20,000 people from being infected with Covid-19! If you want to get involved in the community, check out the medical reserve corp. https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/emergency-preparedness/reserve-corps/join.aspx (https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/emergency-preparedness/reserve-corps/join.aspx) https://kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/COVID/shelter-response.aspx (https://kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/COVID/shelter-response.aspx) Thank you so much for being on the show! Go follow Emily https://www.instagram.com/yawar.misky/ (@yawar.misky) on Instagram. Stay Safe and Stay Sane, Nicole <a rel="payment" href="https://founddownpodcast.com/support/">Support this podcast</a>