A Tribute to Our Nurses on the Front Lines of Care

We are here. To our nurse colleagues on the front lines of hospital care, know that we are here watching as you pour every ounce of compassion and clinical expertise into saving patients who have been ravaged by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As your former faculty, we are in awe of how you have taken compassion to new heights as the last person that many dying patients see because their families are prohibited from entering the hospital. We feel your pain, knowing that you have forgone sleep, nutrition, even that bathroom break that was desperately needed 2 hours ago, and you have experienced feelings that you cannot even name. We know that some of you have children who are sheltering-in-place at home, and yet you don your scrubs and respond to your duty to care for others. We know that some of your spouses and partners have lost their jobs,...