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hit a peak recently. we have over 120 nursing vacancies open right now. reporter: 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 its $1.8 billion in covid relief funding for retention bonuses. we need to give them an incentive to want to stay and continue to be a nurse. i think every little bit helps. do i think it s going to fix the problem? a lot of nurses told me it s not about the money at this point, it s about i need to recharge my battery. reporter: yet with fewer staff and a surge in patients, that chance to recharge increasingly difficult to find. it s hard to see a 34 -year-old with a family not make

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