Our Community Cares spotlights Registered Nurse Monica Sibert!

In honor of Nurse Appreciation week, we are featuring Monica Sibert, who has been a nurse for 33 years and works at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital as a PACU nurse recovering patients post surgery. Monica, like many nurses, has had her regular responsibilities and schedules changed during this crisis, was deployed to a Covid-19 patient floor, when surgeries shifted to emergency only.

When asked to describe what her transition has been like Monica said…. “I cannot express how hard the nurses are working on this floor. It’s been humbling to take care of these patients day in and day out. Human touch is a thing of the past right now, and any patients that do not have a good outcome cannot even have their loved ones with them. Holding someone’s hand as they die is closure for everyone, that cannot be done right now. I think emotionally, this is the most difficult thing to deal with. As we all follow the safe guidelines, we will get through this eventually and return to human touch-- one of the most important aspects of nursing care that may have been forgotten until now.”