. >> a conversation with rick lucas. urse at the ohio state at medical center and president of the nurses organization. rick, ohio stop elected surgeries and your hospital restricted visitors. tell us about today on the front line and in terms of the supply lines of the protective gear, is today better than yesterday or last week or things getting worse? >> you know nurses here are worry about the shortage of ppe. we are at a point where we are signing out one mask a day and we have to keep the same mask all day unless it is soil with blood or something else then we can sign out another mask. the shortage of ppe and the reuse is a major concern for nurses here. there are many changes in the supply chain that makes people feeling uneasy and sometimes the delivery of ppe of the nurses on the front line. >> help somebody understands your profession. if you are getting one mask a day, how many patients you are encountering and how many in a perfect world if you had perfect supplies, how many would you go through? >> most nurs

rick lucas, he's a rapid response registered nurse at ohio state wechsler medical center, and she's atnt federation of professionals. everyone knows nurses are who you have the most contact with when you're in the hospital. you do the yeoman's work, you're there every day. in vermont, do you and other health care workers have what you need to protect yourselves as you treat the infected? >> i would say at this moment we do, but that is rapidly changing. we're already at the point where we're starting to ration our ppe, meaning we're using one mask a day and we're putting it in a paper bag when we come out of the patient's rooms, and that's not something that's sustainable for the future. >> rick, one of the things you spoke about, which was so striking to me is that you see nurses wearing trash bags as isolation gowns, and we saw similarly and miguel marquez was reporting out of brooklyn that some of the workers are buying their uniforms at home depot on their way to work. when might that change in this crisis? >> we are terrified. we are rationing and reusing ppe as well here in ohio.