Exclusive Preview Of Special Video Celebrating National Nurses Week

Alecia Reid reports.

SAYS THE NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLEDIN THE LAST 20 YEARS.WELL TODAY IS NATIONALNURSE'S DAY THE BEGINNING OFNATIONAL NURSE'S WEEK AND THEPANDEMIC IS MAKING THERECOGNITION MORE IMPORTANTTHAN EVER.JESSICA JOINS US NOW FROM HERHOME WITH A LOOK AT WHATREALLY NICE WAY OUR REGION ISCELEBRATING NURSES.HEY,.WE ARE ALL GETTINGEXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF A SPECIALVIRTUAL EVENT WITH LOCAL TIES,A TRIBUTE TO NURSESNATIONWIDE, THROUGH SONG,DANCE, AND THE SPOKEN WORD."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERALICIA REID GIVES US SNEAKPEAK SHE SPOKE WITH A LOCALNURSE, FEATURED IN THE EVENT.♪ ♪♪ ♪ I PUT MY MASK ON ♪ BABYCAN YOU SMELL ♪ ♪MUSIC ISN'T NECESSARILY APASSION, BUT AT ANY MOMENT,SURGICAL AND TRAUMA ICU NURSEALLISON WILL BREAK OUT INSONG.I JUST ALWAYS HAVE A SONGGOING NONE MY HEAD.ALLEY AND NUMBER OF OTHERNURSES ACROSS THE NATION WILLGET TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT?TONIGHT'S COURAGE ON LINEEVENT.WITHIN THE FIRST TENMINUTES OF THE SHOW YOU'REGOING SEE SOMETHING PRETTYAMAZING.WE WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUTHIGH LEVELS OF STRESS, ANDBURN-OUT.SHOWING THEY'RE REAL PEOPLE.EACH DAY I'M GREETED BY ASEA OF EMOTION, I'M LONELY BUTI'M SURROUNDED, I'M ANXIOUSBUT HUMMED RECALL, I'M SCAREDBUT I'M GRATEFUL.AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'MTIRED, BUT I'M UNBELIEVABLYINSPIRED.NEWLY MINT ERD NURSE, SPENTTIME WORK AT COVID-19 TESTINGSITE, JUST RECENTLY A NAN HERNEIGHBORHOOD VERBALLYASSAULTED HER USING RACIALSLURS.IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMEWHERE I FELT SO VULNERABLE,AND FELT LIKE MY PHYSICALSAFETY WAS BEING THREAT END.SHE WAS SHAKEN, BUT SAYS ASPROUD ASIAN-AMERICAN, HERSTRENGTH RESILIENCE ANDCOMPASSION WILL SHINE THROUGH.I DON'T WANT THESEEXPERIENCE TOSS HARDEN ME ASNURSE.AND I WANT TO STRIVE TOCONTINUE TO TREAT EVERYONEWITH COMPASSION.TONIGHT THOUSANDS OFVIRTUAL GUESTS WILL TUNE IN TOHONOR THEM ALL.REALLY WANT TO CREATE APLATFORM THAT WAS FOR THESENURSE TOSS OPEN THEIR HEARTS.ALICIA REID, CBS 3,"EYEWITNESS NEWS".JORDAN, AND HER TEAM HAVE,BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARDON THIS.THE COURAGE EVENT BEGINS AT8: 30 TONIGHT, AND YOU CANLEARN MORE, AND FINDS A LINKTO THE WEBSITE ON OUR WEBSITEOR THE LINC TO THE EVENTRATHER ON OUR WEBSITECBSPHILLY.COM.UKEE?GREAT IDEA.