Coronavirus pandemic forces Queen’s University to change up first year students’ move-in Budge and Saunders say they’ve spent January right up until the end of their studies working at Kingston General Hospital, as per program requirements.While happy to get hands-on experience, the duo says it was a huge adjustment period learning how to balance coursework and working in a hospital for the first time, especially during a pandemic.“It was challenging because the roles kept changing based on how the pandemic evolved.
Some days we were able to care for COVID patients, and others we weren’t, based on rules and regulations for the day,” Saunders explained.The duo says that now they’re officially registered nurses, they’re making a move to.