Name: 'This is how it's going to be for a long time,' Duke ER nurse says of pandemic
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Description: Duke Regional Hospital emergency department nurse Ashley Wheeler says treating coronavirus patients has become part of the daily routine for her, and she fears a resurgence as restrictions are eased and then again in the fall as flu season starts.

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Duke Regional Hospital emergency department nurse Ashley Wheeler says treating coronavirus patients has become part of the daily routine for her, and she fears a resurgence as restrictions are eased and then again in the fall as flu season starts.

LOW 70s BACK TO FAYETTEVILLE. >>> LIKE THE REST OF US, ASHLEY WHEELER IS IMAGINING WHAT THINGS WILL BE LIKE AFTER THE OUTBREAK. NOT JUST AT HOME BUT IN THE HOSPITAL. >> WHEELER DISCUSSES THE REALITY OF REOPENING THE ECONOMY AND HOW LOCAL HOSPITALS MIGHT LOOK IN THE COMING MONTHS. IT'S INSIGHT YOU WILL ONLY SEE HERE ON WRAL. >>> SO, IT IS SATURDAY. IT HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY. I WAS JUST ASKING MY COWORKERS WHAT I SHOULD TALK ABOUT TODAY FOR THE VIDEO. I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I SAID MANY THINGS OVER AND OVER AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT FEELS, IT FEELS VERY REDUNDANT. WE ARE STILL SEEING COVID PATIENTS, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE COME IN THAT ARE VERY SYMPTOMATIC AND SOME PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND WE END UP DOING A RAPID TEST FOR OTHER REASONS LIKE A PROCEDURE AND WE GET POSITIVE RESULTS. WE HAVE SEEN A SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS THAT ARE POSITIVE AND VERY COMPROMISED PATIENTS THAT END UP BEING NOT POSITIVE SO WE DO EXTENSIVE TESTING ON THEM. BECAUSE OF HOW SICK THEY ARE. WE ARE ALL QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AT THIS POINT. WE DEFINITELY ARE NOT COMPLACENT AND WE STILL TAKE EVERYTHING VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT YOU KNOW, ER PEOPLE, WE TEND TO ACCLIMATE REALLY QUICKLY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THAT KIND OF FEARFUL MINDSET SO EVERYBODY SEEMS REALLY JUST OKAY WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING. WHEN WE HAVE UNKNOWN THE POSITIVE, IT USED TO BE A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE OH MY GOSH, IT'S POSITIVE. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? AND NOW IT'S LIKE OH YEAH, OKAY. SO WE MOVE ON WITH OUR BUSINESS. SO, THE THING THAT I FIND MYSELF THINKING ABOUT TODAY A LOT WAS THE FACT THAT THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOR A LONG TIME. I TRUST EVERYBODY WHO IS MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT OPENING THINGS AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE TO REOPEN THINGS AND ALLOW PEOPLE THE FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND AND WORK AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO NEW TO DO. BUT HONESTLY I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WE DO OPEN UP. I MEAN, CONSIDERING SIX MONTHS AGO WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS COME WE DON'T KNOW MUCH BUT WE KNOW, WE LEARNED A LOT REAL FAST AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I THINK WE WILL STILL BE VERY MUCH SEEING COVID PATIENTS HERE EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT YOU KNOW MONTHS OR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. I FEEL LIKE ONCE WE GET INTO THE FALL, WE WILL SEE THE USUAL THINGS OF FLU PATIENTS MIXED WITH COVID PATIENTS AND IT WILL GET MORE COMPLICATED. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, WHAT OPTIONS DO I HAVE, REALLY? I THINK I'M STARTING TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING FOR MONTHS. >> COVID-19 GOING TO STICK WITH ALL OF US. WE WANT TO SAY ON THIS NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE NURSE WHEELER AND THE OTHER PROFESSIONALS WORKING DAILY TO SAVE LIVES. WE SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. IN ADDITION TO HER NURSING, SHE HAS A LITTLE ONE AT HOME. >> DUKE HAND SELECTED HER AS AN EXEMPLARY NURSE TO PROVIDE A BLOG TO UPDATE US AND WE THANK

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'This is how it's going to be for a long time,' Duke ER nurse says of pandemic

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WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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