'It was just too much': Traumatized and tired, nurses are quitting due to the pandemic
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Updated: 11:00 AM EST Feb 25, 2021
By Scottie Andrew, CNN
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Updated: 11:00 AM EST Feb 25, 2021
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NEW CASE. 5:35 NOW. NEW ON 7, A TAOS NURSE DESCRIBES WHAT HER DAY IS LIKE, DURING THIS PANDEMIC. TAKE A LISTEN. >> I COME IN AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, START WITH THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS FIRST. SO BY THE END OF THE DAY I’M , WORN OUT FROM GOING IN AND OUT OF ROOMS AND PUTTING ON GOWN AND GLOVES AND A MASK AND HELMET AND EVERYTHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN ROYALE: MARTHA IS A NURSE AT HOLY CROSS MEDICAL CENTER IN TAOS. SHE SAYS SHE’S NOW IN THE MOST CHALLENGING POINT OF HER CAREE >> I’VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE DI BUT NEVER THIS MANY AND NEVER IN , THIS WAY. AND I DO LET GO AND CRY WITH THE FAMILIES, AND I ALSO KNOW I HAVE A JOB TO DO AND I HAVE TO KE MY FOCUS ON DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PATIENT, WHETHER THEY WANT US TO TRY TO SAVE THEIR LIFE OR WHETHER THEY WANT US TO LET THEM GO EASY AND JUST BE PEACEFUL AND NOT SUFFER ANY MORE. ROYALE IF ANYTHING HAS BECOME NURSES ARE TRUE CHAMPIONS AND TRUE HEROES. MARTHA SAYS THEIR HOSPITAL IS PART OF A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY, AND NURSES OFTEN KNOW THE COVID PATIENTS WELL OR ARE CONNE