This webinar aims to shed light on the significance of a good transition for newly graduated nurses, which might have the potential to positively impact long-term nurse retention.
and bloody. i don t know what burnout meant as a nurse until i hit covid. reporter: melissa davis has worked in the icu for 17 years. it s never been this bad. i ve seen a turnover in nurses i never would have thought turned over because they can t take it no more. reporter: do you feel you re close to a breaking point? i think we already broke. reporter: burnout, stress, grueling hours. there are multiple reasons career nurses are choosing to leave. we ve been seeing it probably hit a peak recently. we have over 120 nursing vacancies open now. reporter: when they do, that experience is also lost. it takes years of training to get to the point where you can take care of a covid patient. this is nothing like we ve seen before. reporter: the head of the hospital system is urging the state to use some of i $1.8 billion in covid relief
co-workers suffer as much as you don t want to see your patient suffer. one nurse choosing to stay isn t enough. you got everything you need? mississippi that is at least 2,000 fewer nurses than it did at the beginning of the year. it looks heroic. that s not what it is. it s sweaty and hard and chaotic and bloody. i didn t know what burnout meant as a nurse until i hit covid. melissa davis has worked in the icu for 17 years. it s never been this bad. i have seen a turnover in nurses i never thought would have turned over because they can t take it no more. do you feel that you re close to a breaking point? i think we re already broke. burnout, stress, grueling hours. there are multiple reasons career nurses are choosing to leave. we ve been seeing. it probably hit a peak recently. we had over 120 nursing
hold. that s where a nurse s heart comes in, you know. you don t want to see your co-worker suffer as much as you don t want to see a patient suffer. reporter: while it helps, one nurse choosing to stay isn t enough. got everything you need? reporter: mississippi has at least 2,000 fewer nurses than it did at the beginning of the year. it looks heroic, and it looks that s not what it is. it s sweaty and hard and chaotic and bloody. didn t even know really what burnout meant as a nurse until i hit covid. reporter: melissa davis has worked in the icu for 17 years. it s never been this bad. i have seen a turnover in nurses i never would have thought would have turned over because they can t take it no more. reporter: do you feel that you re close to a breaking point? i think we already broke. reporter: burnout, stress, grueling hours, there are multiple reasons career nurses are choosing to leave. we ve been seeing it probably
is. it s sweaty and hard and chaotic and bloody. i didn t even know what burnout meant as a nurse until i hit covid. mike: he lyssa davis has worked in the icu for 17 years. it s never been this bad. i have seen a turnover in nurses i never would have thought would turn over because i can t take it no more. reporter: do you feel you re close to a breaking point? i think we already broke. reporter: burn out, stress, grueling hours. there are multiple reasons career nurses are choosing to leave. we ve been seeing it hit a peak recently. 120 nursing vacancies open now. when they do, that experience is also lost. it takes years of training to get to the point where you can actually take care of a covid patient. this is nothing like we ve seen before. reporter: the head of singing river hospital system is now urging the state to use some of