MAYOR STEVE JEWELL TELLS WRAL AS FAR AS HE KNOWS, DURUM IS THE FIRST PLACE IN THE STATE TO ENACT HIS POLITY POLICY. >> TODAY'S VIDEO BLOG FOR WRAL, SHE SOLD US THE CHALLENGING TASK SHE AND HER COLLEAGUES PHASE OF GETTING DRESSED TO WORK WITH PATIENTS AND ALSO SPEAK SPOKE WITH A DOCTOR WHO USUALLY SPENDS HIS TIME DEALING WITH PATIENTS. >> IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD DAY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT WERE BEING TESTED FOR COVID AS THE PRIMARY PRESENTING SITUATION AND JUST TO RULE THEM OUT, BECAUSE THEY MAY NEED OTHER PROCEDURES OR ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL. >> WE'VE HAD MORE THAN A COUPLE POSITIVES TODAY. LOTS OF ADMISSIONS FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE OBSERVERS WORKING AT APARTMENT EVER SINCE WE STARTED HAVING TO DO THIS SPECIAL SORT OF PATIENT CARE WITH OUR PPE. THEY ARE STAFFED FROM THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL WHERE AREAS THAT MAY BE AREN'T DOING AS MUCH AS FAR AS THEIR CASELOAD IN THE OR, BECAUSE OUTPATIENT CASES HAVE BEEN -- IT IS NOT COMPLETELY ELIMINATED DEFINITELY SHUTDOWN A LOT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF NURSING STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME AND WORK IN THE OBSERVER ROOM, SO THEY HELP US TO GET DRESSED AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AND THAT WE ARE PUTTING IT ON PROPERLY AND THEN ALSO HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE IT OFF CORRECTLY, BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT OFF PROPERLY, THEN YOU COULD RISK EXPOSURE FROM DROPLETS THAT MAY HAVE LANDED ON YOU, SO, WE ARE REALLY GLAD THAT THEY ARE AROUND TO HELP US. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF SUPPORT. MY OLD PRECEPTOR ACTUALLY BROUGHT US IN SOME VERY NICE HEADBANDS WITH THE BUTTONS SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR EARS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING VERY SORE EARS. SO, IT IS NICE. WE ARE GETTING LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. >> IT IS BEEN CHALLENGING. IT IS BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. IT IS A NEW WORLD OUT THERE WITH COVID STRESS AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY AMAZED YOU KNOW, JUST BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CARDIOLOGISTS AS WELL AS THE TEAM, IT IS REALLY WORKED. A LOT OF GOOD CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE AND FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE RESPIRATORY STAFF, THE ICU TEAM. AMAZING CARE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED. >> BOY, YOU CAN TELL HOW TIRED THEY MUST BE, YET, SO DETERMINED TO HELP PEOPLE. ASHLEY WHEELER HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 13 YEARS, THE WHOLE CAREER IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WRAL WORKED WITH THE DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY WHEELER AS AN EXEMPLARY NURSE OF COVID-19. SHE AGREED TO DO THESE BLOGS FOR US. WE THINK HER AND THE HEALTH