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Why one former ICU nurse quit his job: "I was having panic attacks"

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Nov 11, 2021
Exploring the pandemic's toll on health care workers.
A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient in a Connecticut ICU in April 2020. Understaffing and pandemic stressors have prompted many nurses to consider leaving the field.
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Nursing schools struggle to fill the void left by pandemic

by Blake Farmer
Sep 30, 2021
There are signs enrollment in nursing schools has picked up, just as nurses are leaving the profession.
COVID-19 has prompted an exodus of nurses. Though the number of nursing students is growing, it may not be enough to fill the gap.
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An ICU nurse describes the exhaustion of working on COVID's front lines

by David Weinberg
Jan 29, 2021
In a recent survey of health care workers, 93% said they were experiencing elevated levels of stress.
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How to fix hospital horror stories that start in the ICU

by Dan Gorenstein
Feb 14, 2013
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is pioneering the ICU of the future to help keep the sickest patients from getting sicker.
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