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Madelyn Yu

Madelyn Yu

Retired nurse with 45+ years of experience, former National President of the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA, 2018–2020), and Nursing Director of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey.

Aug 6, 2026

Asia Forward

Asia Forward

How American Health Care Relies on Filipino Nurses | Asia Forward | Episode 14

Aug 6 · 36m

Ledy Simarmata
Ledy SimarmataHOST
15:09
believe that.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:09
That patient in bed is your father, your grandfather, your cousin, your brother, your sister.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:16
We care for that patient as if he were our own.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:19
So if you have a dying patient, you hold that patient's hand even through the protective equipment, through the gloves, through the mask.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:28
You were the last face that the patient sees.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:32
The nurse's face is the last face that he sees before he dies.
Madelyn Yu
Madelyn YuGUEST
15:38
And there was a lot of cases that were like that.

9 MINS LATER

Ledy Simarmata
Ledy SimarmataHOST
24:14
What's your view on that?

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