Every day, Laura Schnell does anywhere from 20 to 40 one-to-one COVID-19 assessments on anyone who comes into Calgary’s Sunridge Mental Health Clinic.
The registered psychiatric nurse also does followups with patients at the clinic whose needs are more urgent or who need additional consultation on things like medications.
Schnell is also a wife and mother of three, and says the biggest source of her stress right now is that she could bring the virus home with her, possibly making her family sick. “We go in and we do what we do because we love our jobs and it’s our passion,” Schnell said on Wednesday as she spoke about herself and other front-line health-care workers. “We also want to make sure that we protect our families.” One of the