The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many local nurses to the verge of burnout. A Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 3 of 10 health care workers have considered getting out of the field. During National Nurses Week in 2021, many nurses say they need more support mentally, emotionally, and physically. The pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing nursing shortage and pushed many to leave or think about leaving nursing. “Everybody is.
Health care workers, staff and residents at long-term care facilities to get vaccine Suzanne Phan, KOMO News Reporter
Health care workers, staff and residents at long-term care facilities to get vaccine
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About 20 million Americans could be vaccinated by the end of the year. In a matter of days, frontline health care workers will be among the first to get it. That includes those who work with COVID-19 patients and those who live in long-term care facilities.
Nurse Jacob Kostecka at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia is working another 12-hour shift. Caption: Health care workers, staff and residents at long-term care facilities to get vaccine