During crisis‐related surges in health care needs, effective strategies have been developed to help patients and communities manage acute stress, preserve medical supplies, and maintain the mental and physical health of patients and health care staff (Tadmor, McManus, & Koenig, 2006). For example, in anticipation of higher demand, and to decrease the risk of virus transmission between individuals, the CDC and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommended that health care providers postpone elective procedures and routine patient visits (ACS, 2020; CDC, 2020). As projections revealed major metropolitan areas had insufficient capacity to meet anticipated demand, temporary health care facilities were established in public spaces such as the New Orleans Convention Center (The Associated Press, 2020), New York's Javits Center (Lardieri, 2020), and Central Park (Torres, 2020). Also, the hospital ships United States Naval Ship (USNS) Comfort and USNS Mercy were deployed to New York and Los Angeles to serve patients without the virus (Correll, 2020; U.S. Naval Institute, 2020).