#supportessentialworkers

[stephanieewens]

"I caught Covid at the end of March, most likely at work. I was one of the lucky ones. For me, the illness was no worse than a bad flu. When I returned to work after quarantine, my ICU transitioned into a Covid unit.⁣ ⁣ I don't think I realized how deconditioned I was until I started working in that PPE. The shifts were 12-13 hrs with very few breaks. We were short of breath inside the masks, sweating in the gowns and visors, fighting exhaustion and low blood sugar. It was much more stressful than our normal ICU work. I found it hard to let go of that stress when I got home.⁣ ⁣ For the first time in my life, I was having panic attacks. I became so depressed I could barely talk to my kids. I started drinking more on my nights off to cope. By the end of the second month I could no longer function, and knew it was time to get help. I realized that I wouldn't be able to take care of anyone else until I took care of myself. ⁣ ⁣ I ended up taking a mental health leave. I stopped drinking completely and began therapy. It took some time, but I eventually started to get better. I had support from family and friends, as well as a good doctor and therapist. ⁣ ⁣ Covid cases have declined in our state, and our unit is no longer a Covid ICU. I'm hoping this experience will make me a better nurse going forward, and I'll feel ready to fight again if we see a second wave." Niki Anthony, RN ⁣ ⁣ Thank you Niki for being open to sharing your story. I wish you health and peace moving forward. ⁣ ⁣ #thankyoufrontliners #thankyouessentialworkers #covid19 #pandemicstories #supportfrontlineworkers #supportessentialworkers #thankyouessentialworkers #visualstorytelling #portraitsinspire #portraitmasters #riarts #essentailworkersri #portraitsoffrontliners #stephanieewensphotography #portraitphotographer #doucumentaryportraitproject #seeourfrontliners #seeourfrontlinersri ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ (at Cranston, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCVyf7enB31/?igshid=1mfhkiitpsg7l

[thats-ms-pouffiasse-to-you]

Thank you @naomiotsu for this graphic that reminded me I needed to send out some long overdue packages via #USPS! Shout out to the clerk who immediately knew I was shipping out a stack of #fabricmasks the last time I went in (& also her sleeve tattoos were AMAZING)!! . . . #saveusps #unitedstatespostalservice #shipusps #supportusps #instagood #instamood #random #igaddict #igdaily #supportlocal #supportsmallbusiness #vote2020 #vote #votebymail #voteabsentee #essentialworkers #essentialbusiness #supportessentialworkers #blacklivesmatter #supportpoc #pandemic #quarantine #quarantinelife #stayhome #saferathome #shelterinplace https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFJDLIprfv/?igshid=18cyr62cj8m0f

[local338]

"If we have to continue working through the pandemic, it’s only fair that we receive hazard pay"- Susan M, Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for Acme associates Susan and her coworkers need your support. Tell Acme that ending hazard pay is wrong by: Commenting on @acmemarkets ' Instagram Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 877-723-3929 Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDe2dt0gwQV/?igshid=lyrv9uesil4m

[lisajaynemurray]

Over @redbubble I decided to have a bit of fun this weekend. I had been seeing a lot of push back about people wearing masks in the #USA on #socialmedia so I thought I’d upload some amusing designs that may make #socialdistancing and the push to #staysafe a little less #political and a bit more fun. I’ll upload more designs intermittently but have pick a smile and share it with your community ... #staysafeoutthere and #supportessentialworkers #redbubble #facemask #facemasksforsale #facemasktime #mask #covid_19 #coronavirus (at Beaumaris, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkGjFfg02M/?igshid=ah8ww7j9r362

[vedazzlingac]

Thanking all Essential Food Workers🙌🏾 for your service during the pandemic.. 😷 Vedazzling Accessories is now selling a limited amount of handmade NYC Food Care Heroes Masks designed by @loridiamondart! These will be shipped locally or available for pick up. For sale for $11! Order yours today, click the link in my bio 👆🏿 to purchase. ****************************************** #masks #handmade #madeintheusa #localartist #smallbusiness #supportlocalartists #esty #nycmade #nyclocal #maskdesigns #localhero #essentialworkers #supportessentialworkers (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYrQfiJ8sY/?igshid=z6cqhhbx4n28

[bgsqd]

Happy May Day 2020! #supportessentialworkers #strike #noshopping #nowork #rentstrike #internationalworkersday #shutitdown (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pmafzFWIk/?igshid=x96i8goee3qs

[copperfoximagery1]

Inspired by Anastasia Chomlack from @anastasiaphotography. I am honored to announce that I am offering One to One Gratitude sessions for Essential workers www.copperfoximagery.com/one-for-one #oneforonegratitudesessions #gratitudesessions #getonegiveone #getonegiftone #forfirstreaponders #giftofgratitude #supportessentialworkers #elpaso #elpasophotographer #texas #915elp #suncity #texasphotographer #elpasofamilyphotographer #couplesphotographer (at El Paso, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nG31fJ1vi/?igshid=q01ish5fhlf

[infernobeauty]

#supportfirstresponders #thankyou #supportessentialworkers — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3dtB5Qn

[stephanieewens]

Meet Allison Hayward, MD, our next @brown_emergency provider being highlighted as part of #SeeOurFrontliners portrait project. She shares her experience of the pandemic below. ⁣ ⁣ "I work nights in the emergency department, and that means my subspecialty is psychiatric crisis. I face the fears that stave off sleep, or that prompt waking in the dark, beaded with sweat and heart pounding. The fact that I have very little natural tendency towards anxiety has always been an asset to me, gaining even more value as I've navigated into a career consisting of long and busy nights in the emergency department. ⁣ ⁣ Spending nights being buffeted by waves of anxiety and sadness from my patients has always left me emotionally tired, but I have usually been able to let them wash over me and walk away, letting calm, happiness, and stillness return to my mind as I gain distance from the hospital. In 2020, I find traces of the fear and sadness I experience with my patients are following me home. Instead of the usual dreams I've had since childhood, closing my eyes takes me back to the COVID ward, back behind my layers of masks and I wake feeling as if I've worked instead of slept. I am thankful for my supportive family and friends who keep me feeling loved and grounded, whether we are near or far. They help give me the energy to keep putting on my mask night after night, trying to soothe the anxieties and terrors of a pandemic."⁣ ⁣ Thank you Allison for participating in the project. ⁣ ⁣ For anyone interested in being photographed and part of the project, please follow the link in my bio. ⁣ ⁣ #brown_emergency @brown_emergency⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #thankyouessentialworkers #thankyoufrontliners #supportfrontlineworkers #supportessentialworkers #thankyouessentialworkers #visualstorytelling #portraitsinspire #portraitmasters #coviddays #riarts #401love #visitrhodeisland #essentailworkersri #portraitsoffrontliners #stephanieewensphotography #portraitphotographer #doucumentaryportraitproject #seeourfrontliners #seeourfrontlinersri ⁣⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEjrUtnhul/?igshid=13fi96ump8d4e

[stephanieewens]

Meet Jackie Mancini, LMHC, Clinical Manager of Emergency Services at The Providence Center⁣ ⁣ "When the pandemic first began it was scary. It was scary for us as healthcare workers, scary for our consumers, and scary for our families. However, despite the chaos and uncertainty there was camaraderie, a sense of unified purpose and the hope that this shared trauma might unite people in a way we haven’t seen before. That hope has become harder and harder to hold on to as this has unfolded. ⁣ ⁣ Those of us working in behavioral healthcare have watched people become more isolated, more anxious and more disconnected from treatment. People with preexisting mental health, substance abuse issues, or propensities toward domestic violence have become the secondary crisis. ⁣ ⁣ As the financial stability and overall health of our community continues to decline we brace for more desperation, higher suicide rates; ultimately more loss.⁣ ⁣ We are still here, still committed to navigating the best path to health, still trying to hold on to hope."⁣ ⁣ Thank you Jackie for commitment to helping others, and for being a part of the #SeeOurFrontliners portrait project. ⁣ ⁣ If you are a frontline or essential worker, or know anyone that is and would like participate in the project, please visit the link in my bio or go directly to my site https://www.stephanieewens.com/frontliners⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #thankyouessentialworkers #thankyoufrontliners #unsungheroes #supportfrontlineworkers #supportessentialworkers #thankyouessentialworkers #visualstorytelling #portraitsinspire #portraitmasters #coviddays #riarts #401love #visitrhodeisland #essentailworkersri #portraitsoffrontliners #stephanieewensphotography #portraitphotographer #doucumentaryportraitproject #seeourfrontliners #seeourfrontlinersri ⁣ ⁣ (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdfijKHepT/?igshid=1g8u6v1ecfjr6

[stephanieewens]

Meet Mark Greve, MD, our next @Brown_Emergency provider being highlighted as part of my collaboration with Brown Emergency Medicine group and part of the #SeeOurFrontliners portrait project.⁣ ⁣⁣ "When this plague was upon our shores, as we scurried to safety and our watchmen shouted in terror….we knew we were going to war and my place was the front lines. Our generals moved pieces around the board, where the ventilators would be, the next shipment of PPE, and we dug in. Converting entire wards into COVID units, encased ourselves in PPE, learned in real time how to manage not just the sickest of patients, but how to do so when you didn’t have the tools you’re used to. And quietly we filled out our wills, we wondered if we could hug our children. We were spared the great waves of attack, the dreaded surge. But COVID came, we saw what it was, how devastating this disease can be, and how to fight. How to pull someone back from it’s grip. And we sat with the dying and said goodbye on behalf of a family who could not be there. We stood watch, we cared for everyone who needed us….and realized it was a gift to be here. It’s an honor to help."⁣ ⁣ -Mark Greve MD⁣ Clin Assoc Prof Emergency Medicine⁣ Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University⁣ Department of Emergency Medicine⁣ Injury Prevention Center ⁣ Division of Sports Medicine⁣ ⁣ If you are a frontline or essential worker, or know anyone that is and would like participate in the project, please visit the link in my bio or go directly to my site https://www.stephanieewens.com/frontliners⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ You can also find information there on how to start your own #SeeOurFrontliners project in your own community. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ If you'd like to help fund the project, you can make a tax deductible donation through the link in my bio.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brown_emergency @brown_emergency⁣⁣ #thankyouessentialworkers #thankyoufrontliners #unsungheroes #supportfrontlineworkers #supportessentialworkers #thankyouessentialworkers #visualstorytelling #ofhumans #portraitsinspire #portraitmasters #covidcreations #riarts #portraitphotographer #seeourfrontliners #seeourfrontlinersri (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxsXs_HNKT/?igshid=1dk4j7o5kyfrm

[local338]

“I feel and believe Hazard Pay should be extended without question. The pandemic is not over!” Louis B, Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for Stop & Shop associates Louis and his coworkers need your support. Tell Stop & Shop that ending hazard pay is wrong by: Commenting on @stopandshop Instagram Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 800-767-7772 Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUUxZ0gNut/?igshid=xyd2w02rlqpq

[local338]

“Hazard pay was extra money I was able to use to pay bills at home. Acme taking away this pay has made it tough to pay bills through the pandemic.”- Richard P. Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for Acme associates Richard and his coworkers need your support. Tell Acme that ending hazard pay is wrong by: Commenting on @acmemarkets Instagram Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 877-723-3929 Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPXKv0AvJ0/?igshid=ciz10ne8owjr

[local338]

"Hazard pay means my employer recognizes that we take a huge risk coming to work and dealing with the public" John S. Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for Stop & Shop associates John and his coworkers need your support. Tell Stop & Shop that ending hazard pay is wrong by: Commenting on Stop & Shop's Facebook Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 800-767-7772 Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMnzZ9A2H7/?igshid=y0lpyn2eqc9r

[local338]

"Hazard Pay help provide for my family and shows how the work we are doing is being appreciated. It’s still scary to come to work" - Zofia L., Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for Acme associates Zofia and her coworkers need your support. Tell Acme that ending hazard pay is wrong by: Commenting on @acmemarkets Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 877-723-3929 Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CCmQQScgCCg/?igshid=gc1svvsjtwqf

[local338]

“We are still on the front lines putting ourselves and families at risk, to provide for our communities. The virus hasn’t gone away hazard pay is very important to all us.” Lou D., Local 338 member and essential worker on why hazard pay must continue for @acmemarkets associates Lou and his coworkers need your support. Tell Acme that ending hazard pay is wrong by: 1. Commenting on the @acmemarkets Instagram 2. Calling their corporate headquarters directly at 877-723-3929 3. Asking to speak to a store manager on your next shopping trip. #ThankEssentialWorkers #SaveOurHazardPay #SupportEssentialWorkers #StillEssential #HazardPayMustStay https://www.instagram.com/p/CChDESBA1p7/?igshid=323j1afn2rjf