Chief Nursing Officer, Freeman Health System
Jeanee’ Kennedy is the Chief Nursing Officer for Freeman Health Systems in Joplin. For several weeks now, Joplin has had the worst COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the county.
In fact, Jeanee’ said their hospital recently had to open a third COVID unit to accommodate all of their patients.
She spoke about what she’s seeing in her community and about how this current surge is taking a toll on nurses and other frontline health workers.
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