Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey gets off a shuttle vehicle after her shift at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Garden City, New York, U.S., May 6, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey stands in her hotel room in Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 15, 2020.
Meghan Lindsey, who returned home after working five weeks at NYU Winthrop Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), holds her daughter Braelyn during Sunday morning service at the Joplin Family Worship Center in Joplin, Missouri, U.S., May 17, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey wears a protective face mask carrying a pizza she ordered in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 6, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey touches the ocean for her first time in Long Beach, New York, U.S., April 28, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey sits on a shuttle vehicle with Nekiesha Clark en route to their shift at NYU Health Hospital in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 5, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey wears a protective face mask while driving in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 11, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey watches her daughters Braelyn, 9, and Avery, 6, swim at Table Rock Lake outside Branson, Missouri, U.S., May 17, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey takes a selfie with the Manhattan skyline in the background in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 4, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey wears a protective face mask waiting for her pizza order in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 6, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey wears a protective face mask looking at a menu in the Chinatown section of Manhattan inNew York, U.S., May 11, 2020.
Traveling nurses Meghan Lindsey and Nekiesha Clark ride the plane train to their connecting flight home wearing a face protective masks at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 16, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey, who returned home after working five weeks at NYU Winthrop Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), lays in bed with her daughters Braelyn and Avery watching television at their home in Neosho, Missouri, U.S., May 16, 2020.
Traveling nurses Meghan Lindsey and Nekiesha Clark take pictures at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 4, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey points to a pack of cigarettes at a gas station in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 4, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey leads her daughter Braelyn, 9, on a horse at a farm outside of Joplin, Missouri, U.S., May 18, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey looks down wearing a protective face mask after her shift on Mother’s Day in her hotel elevator hotel in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 10, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey takes a photo of a heart she drew in the sand after seeing the ocean for her first time in Long Beach, New York, U.S., April 28, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey poses inside the lobby of NYU Winthrop Hospital, where she traveled to work during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mineola, New York, U.S., May 14, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey eats dinner by herself after her shift on Mother’s Day at her hotel lobby in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 10, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey rides a go-kart with her daughter Avery, 6, at an amusement park in Branson, Missouri, U.S., May 17, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey poses for a portrait in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 4, 2020.
Traveling nurse Meghan Lindsey uses a computer to FaceTime her family after her shift on Mother’s Day inside her hotel room in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., May 10, 2020.
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