As much of society attempts to return to normal, health care workers, specifically nurses, are struggling to do that. Research continues to show nurses are feeling burnt out and frustrated with many leaving the bedside and exacerbating the existing nursing shortage.
Nurses play a crucial role in keeping a hospital functioning.
“You don’t even have to speak their language to be able to understand, in that moment, what they need,” Amy Hicks, a Charlotte-area nurse told WCNC Charlotte said.
Hicks said the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most challenging times of her three-decade long nursing career.
“We were working extra hours because people were quitting," she said. "Staffing was short for the entire time."
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