Oral history interview with Winsome (Max) West, 2020
Abstract
In the first session, Winsome West relays recounts her path to nursing and how COVID-19 has impacted her life and work as a nurse at the medical intensive care unit at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dimensions include managing "patients under investigation" early in the pandemic, staffing challenges, fear of the virus among nurses, hospital organization, and leadership. She also discusses her fami ly and how she and other nurses are processing the strain of the pandemic. In the second session with West expands on the topics from the first session with an analytical lens. She also shares her thoughts on racism and the murder of George Floyd
Nurses; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Social distancing (Public health); Hospitals--Emergency services--United States; West, Winsome; Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
71 pages
Note (Biographical)
Originally from Jamaica, Winsome West, who also goes by Max, is the patient care director for the medical intensive care unit at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Note
Interviewed by Jennifer Dohrn on June 25 and December 8, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Winsome (Max) West, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023