Mayo Clinic nurse reflects on National Nurse Day

Emily Schad has been an RN at Mayo Clinic for about eight years.

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New on daybreak now more than ever?

Our healthcare workers deserve to be celebrated.

And this week, happens to be national nurse's week, which serves as a reminder of how crucial nurses are during a pandemic.

Kimt news 3's madelyne watkins joins us live now to introduce us to just one of these heroes.

Madelyne?

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National nurse week is a time to celebrate and honor the nurses working effortlessly behind the walls of mayo clinic... and hospitals across the country.

And this year is a little different... as nurses are on the frontlines?

Risking their own health to help those fighting covi?

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Emily schad has been a nurse at mayo clinic for 8 years now and in previous years, they've celebrated by honoring it's nurses with a banquet.

Of course that isn't happening because of the pandemic?

But schad says the entire community is rallying around nurses and other healthcare workers more than ever before to say thanks and show their gratitude.

Schad tells me as challenging as things are right now, she feels grateful to be exactly where she is.xxx "right now with this pandemic going on, they don't get to have their loved ones with them.

So getting to be there with these patients, providing them with the best care possible and also just giving them the emotional support?

I think all of that just really leads to a sense of gratitude to get to be there."

Schad tells me all the support continuing to pour in is making her job a little bit easier and motivating her more.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

Schad asks that you continue to show your support for healthcare workers because they can't keep doing their job without the help of everyone else.

And remember, that today, there's a special flyover to honor our essential workers.

The minnesota national guard will be flying over rochester between 11:35