Whether testing patients to see if they have COVID-19 or caring for those who do, nurses are fighting on the front lines to safeguard the lives of those affected. They face multiple challenges, from a critical shortage of nurses, beds and medical supplies to exhaustion and fears of infection. You might think that would discourage students considering going into nursing. But for Maci Kroupa, a nursing student at the UNMC College of Nursing’s Kearney Division, seeing the … [Read more...] about Nursing student Maci Kroupa ‘called to help people’
Maci Kroupa
‘It’s what we sign up for’: UNK pre-nursing students undeterred during pandemic
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is unlike anything Maci Kroupa has experienced before. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has infected more than 2.7 million people across the globe, killing over 192,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, there are more than 800,000 confirmed cases, including 2,124 in Nebraska as of Friday morning. Around 50,000 people have died from the … [Read more...] about ‘It’s what we sign up for’: UNK pre-nursing students undeterred during pandemic
