ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – A group of Central Florida nurses are preparing to return home, after spending more than a month working in hardest hit hotspots for the coronavirus.
In April, News 6 introduced the initial 15 nurses from Rockledge Regional Medical Center who traveled north to work at Morton Hospital.
Morton Hospital is located in Taunton, a suburb of Boston. Both Morton Hospital and Rockledge Regional Medical Center are owned by Steward Health Care.
Kara Ehrhardt and Gena Gillespie are among the nurses who volunteered to make the trip. "I think we’re still in good spirits, but we’re all hitting that wall of tired and missing home," Ehrhardt said. “It’s scary,” Gillespie added. "I had a lady look up to me last night and ask me ‘am I