Michelle Borochaner oral history interview

Title

Michelle Borochaner oral history interview

Creator

Eadie, Brenna A.

Description

Michelle Borochaner was a fourth year Drexel student studying in the nursing program at the time of this interview. The interview opens with a discussion of when Michelle began to think the pandemic was going to significantly impact Drexel and the U.S.. Michelle explains this occurred when she began to see different places, such as restaurants and movie theatres, begin to close doors in response to the virus. Michelle states that, during the spring and summer of 2020, she was glad places were closed in an attempt to limit the spread of the COVID-19. The interview then gets into how the virus impacted Michelle financially and mentally, primarily through her Spring and Summer COOP. As a nursing major, Michelle explains that she had a very intimate experience with COVID-19 at her hospital. Within her COOP, Michelle was immersed in various aspects of healthcare surrounding the virus such as proper medical PPE, use of respirators for infected patients, and various other pandemic protocols. Michelle explains that this was her first working experience with Nursing, and despite the circumstances she was able to learn a lot by working on a COVID floor. Michelle then moves to discuss how Michelle dealt with various stresses of being confined during the quarantine. This interview concludes with a discussion of Michelles thoughts on returning to campus in the fall of 2020, or remaining remote into the winter term.

This interview was conducted during HNRS 301: COVID-19, taught by Scott Knowles during summer quarter 2020.

Source

COVID-19 seminar oral history interviews (Collection MC.00.100), Drexel University Archives

Subject

COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19--United States
Education, Higher

Relation

Listen to the audio recording of this interview and read a raw transcript in Drexel University's digital repository.

Type

Oral History

Date Created

September 2, 2020

Duration

31:51 minutes

Interviewer

Eadie, Brenna A.

Interviewee

Borochaner, Michelle

Citation

Eadie, Brenna A., “Michelle Borochaner oral history interview,” Drexel Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://drexelexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/332.