鈥業t鈥檚 kind of like a warzone鈥�
TU nursing alumnus Tyrin Tyson R.N. 鈥�18 shares his experience of working as a travel nurse in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Kyle Hobstetter on May 4, 2020
Tyrin Tyson 鈥�18, describes himself as a bit of a nomad. He's someone who likes to travel and see new places.
That鈥檚 why the Baltimore native, and self-described people person, became a nurse. Not only is he able to help people, but as a travel nurse he was able to travel to different parts of the country and apply his craft.
But when he graduated from Towson University鈥檚 nursing program in 2018, he never expected that his first travel assignment would be in the epicenter of one of the largest pandemics in American history.
Tyson is currently working as an emergency department nurse in Brooklyn Sinai Hospital. After spending the past month working in New York City, he said it was completely different than what he did during his training days at local Baltimore hospitals.
鈥淚t was a culture shock,鈥� Tyson says. 鈥淎t my past two hospitals, we only had one suspected person with COVID, but here (in Brooklyn) everyone had COVID. I didn鈥檛 see how real it was until I saw how sick everyone was.
鈥淭here was ambulance on top of ambulance coming in鈥t was kind of like a warzone.鈥�
Learn more about how Tyson has been handling the past month in New York City, and what鈥檚 it like for this Towson University alumnus who is working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.