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At this COVID-19 testing site in Canberra, the nurses work to keep people calm – ABC News
For nurses working daily at one of Canberra’s busiest COVID-19 testing sites, the job is about more than simply screening for infection. They are at the frontline of keeping people calm.
Cheryl Martine was a part-time nurse, helping care for her daughter’s two children, when the coronavirus pandemic struck Australia.
Saddened by the loss of her husband, she had gone back to working as a registered nurse, a job she loved.
But she had more recently reduced her hours to one day per week and was planning to retire.
She now works four days a week and loves being a nurse more than ever, as she makes them laugh while testing them for coronavirus.
She is one of thousands across the …
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