As the health care industry grapples with high levels of burnout, more and more nurses are leaving h

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hospital systems for better-paying jobs as contract workers.

Like thousands of travel nurses throughout the U.S., Makaya Carter has spent the pandemic as a contract worker, traversing the country from Massachusetts to Texas to New York.

As a cardiothoracic ICU nurse, some of those contracts brought her into Covid units, while others are dedicated to treating the growing backlog of patients seeking other care during the pandemic.

“I would watch the news and I just wanted to do more,” she says.

Now in Seattle, Carter doesn’t know how much more she can handle. The 40- to 60-hour weeks, along with the trauma and stress of being a front-line worker, have weighed heavily on her.

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