study that looked at the first six months and looked at nurses psychosocial health and over a study of over 600 nurses there were really high rates of depressive symptoms, high rates of anxiety and insomnia, all those that chip away, like i wrote, at our mental health and ultimately impact the quality of care that we re able to give to patients. you ask the question, excuse me, can the u.s. afford to ignore nurses suffering. what do you need most? what would help you? that s a great question and to answer the first question, we can t afford to keep our voices silent. so having more nurses in an arena like this, sharing their experiences, talking to people like you is wonderful. for other viewers listening in and if you are not already the best thing that i can recommend to help nurses is please get vaccinated and boosted, wear a high-quality mask and right now