When we finally make it through the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, there will be stories from across the country about heroes on the front lines that saved lives and prevented disasters. Nurses everywhere are battling the virus, and one millenial SRNA is giving them a voice now through an anonymous platform.

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Today's rundown:

2:56 – Welcome in our guest Sonja Schwartzbach, BSN, RN, CCRN

3:45 – Sonja explains what her book is all about.

5:02 – Sharon found out about Sonja just recently and the impact she’s been making.

6:16 – How she started her Instagram account and found a way to use it to build the nursing community.

8:38 – She’s been doing a lot of work involving COVID-19 right in a hard hit area and describes where the biggest needs are.

9:48 – She started the Mission for Masks Google Form template to anonymously collect stories and got a lot of feedback immediately.

11:29 – These strains are happening across the country, not just in CA, NY, and WA.

12:59 – This is giving nurses a platform to speak out and share info from the frontlines.

15:10 – The history of retaliation in the nursing profession.

18:16 – What else has happened since the article came out in the The New York Times?

19:44 – Sonja shares some of the stories she’s hearing around the country right now.

21:33 – ‘There’s a sense of such helplessness.’

23:45 – Hopefully we come out of this and are much more prepared for an outbreak like this.

27:28 – Wrapping up the conversation with a final message from Sonja.