Jeanette Rupert uses her stethoscope to listen to Bob Hull's breathing in the bedroom of his home near George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Rupert checks in on Hull frequently to help him understand how to properly use his medications and check vitals following recent heart surgery.

Jeanette Rupert leaves George Floyd Square with a 'jump bag' of medical equipment from the 612 MASH shed in Minneapolis on Dec. 16, 2020. When Rupert is not working as an ICU nurse, she volunteers near the square giving medical aid and checking in on neighborhood residents in need of health care.

Jeanette Rupert shows off a pin given to her by a colleague while doing a health check on a community member in Minneapolis, on Dec. 16, 2020. Rupert worked as an orthopedic nurse before transferring to the COVID-19 ICU unit in the spring.

Bob Hull, who goes by Uncle Bob at George Floyd Square has his blood oxygen checked as Jeanette Rupert readies a blood pressure machine at his home in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert knocks on the door of Bob Hull, a longtime resident of the neighborhood near George Floyd Square, in Minneapolis on Dec. 16, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert hugs Bob Hull as she wraps up a health check in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Hull is known as 'Uncle Bob' to neighbors and people who frequent George Floyd Square.

Jeanette Rupert works on a patient in the COVID ICU ward at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Dec. 21, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert uses hand signals to communicate with other nurses through glass doors in the COVID-19 ICU unit at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., on, Dec. 21, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert looks at a patient's chart inside the COVID-19 ICU unit at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn.,  on Dec. 21, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert feeds a medication line to another nurse inside of the room of a COVID-19 patient at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Dec. 21, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert looks at an Elf on a Shelf made to look like an ICU bed by the staff of the unit in the COVID-19 ICU at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Dec. 21, 2020.

Adam Karle, nursing director for critical care, Jeanette Rupert, and associate patient care manager Kristin Gamrath put up a banner from a former patient that reads "Your care for others is the measure of your greatness," outside of the COVID-19 ICU ward at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Dec. 21, 2020.

Jeanette Rupert returns to the ICU at Methodist Hospital at the end of her shift in St. Louis Park, Minn., on  Dec. 21, 2020. After working the overnight shift, Rupert left to go do health checks on neighbors in George Floyd square.