West Side Democrat Hero Spotlight
Denise Inight, RN
For most of us, life as we know it has been completely upended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We are featuring profiles of West Side Democrats to hear how the virus has impacted their routines, and what they do every day –pandemic or not– that embodies the Democratic value of positively influencing their community.
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West Side Democrat and Precinct 81 Chair Denise Inight has done her fair share of caring for sick patients in a variety of ways during her 40+ years as a registered nurse (RN). Currently, she is an RN discharge planner at one of the city’s largest hospitals and has some thoughts about how hospitals should be responding in the future –as a result of COVID-19– to keep the community safe.
She is not currently working directly with COVID-19 positive patients who are housed in another unit on another floor at the hospital. Instead, she works with some of the most medically complicated and fragile patients who are hospitalized for a host of reasons, including cardiac issues, chronic illnesses, and detoxing from alcohol.
Her daily routine has changed immensely as a result of the hospital’s safety precautions that were implemented shortly after NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered New Mexicans to stay home. And she thinks some of those precautions should continue indefinitely. Read More…