“Therapeutic gardens offer nurses respite at Legacy Health” — KGW8

KGW8 – May 6, 2020
Story by Brittany Falkers

Excerpt:

“Burnout was an issue for nurses before the pandemic. Now, on the front line of COVID-19, it’s more important than ever for nurses to find respite.”

“It is transformational for me. It really is,” Martin said. “Just to even get five minutes in the garden, you shift your paradigm. You’re no longer thinking about the hospital. You’re looking at the plants, you’re smelling the herbs that are growing here, you’re seeing the sunshine.”

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