Fatima Sanchez, 52, has been a home care nurse in the Bronx for the last 21 years. She works with Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) while advocating for her industry as a specialty.
“You have to have a special heart, mind, and touch to do this job. You have to be that in order to be a home care nurse,” said Sanchez.
“We have an array of disease management and different problems with chronic illness that we have to help people manage on a day-to-day basis,” said Sanchez. “It can go from hospice care all the way down to chronic care and adult teaching that we need to do.” She said her fondest memory during that difficult time was hearing the evening claps or people calling out thanks for nurses and frontline workers during the lockdown in March of 2020.
In some of the “economically” challenged areas in the Bronx, Sanchez said she relies on education, communication, and knowledge of the community to care for her patients. She likes to be innovative and come up with ways for patients to get the small medical materials they need, like pill boxes or compression socks, that they might not be able to afford.
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