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Rhiannon12866

(205,224 posts)
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 06:41 PM Sep 2021

The Daily Show: Why Nurses Have Been Hit the Hardest During the Pandemic



After nearly two years on the front lines of the pandemic, nurses are quitting due to burnout. Here’s why nurses are understandably pissed off and what’s being done to fix it.


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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. TN has brought in Natl Guard to help with non nursing duties
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 06:55 PM
Sep 2021

One example given is that the NG people will restock the PPE.

They need to provide more help for nurses & doctors!

Rhiannon12866

(205,224 posts)
2. They've also brought them in to hard hit hospitals with staffing shortages
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 06:58 PM
Sep 2021

It's a sad state of affairs in too many places and since this isn't going away, medical workers are overwhelmed and exhausted.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. They sure are
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:17 PM
Sep 2021

Early on last year, people were sending pizzas & subway etc. In support of healthcare workers. From what I'm hearing, that has dried up & they need to know they are appreciated for how hard they are working. 💔

Something needs to change.

Rhiannon12866

(205,224 posts)
4. Well, like Trevor said, they don't need pizza, they need people to get vaccinated
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:20 PM
Sep 2021

BEFORE they end up in the ICU.

Rhiannon12866

(205,224 posts)
6. And it's not getting better. In many places it's getting worse
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:39 PM
Sep 2021

Not to mention, colder weather will drive these "gatherings" indoors and that's where many transmissions happen. Last January was the worst and we're headed there...

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
7. Why isn't CDC ordering hospitals to send willfully unvaxed to field hospitals?
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:45 PM
Sep 2021

The Army Corps of Engineers built out a 400 bed covid overflow hospital in Memphis last year.

I was stunned to read that the plan was to keep it open for either 2 or 4 yrs, sorry I can't recall.

BUTp, just as Delta took off, someone closed it! Who? Why? Dunno...

Rhiannon12866

(205,224 posts)
8. Don't know. The local paper reported 16 new cases in this small rural county, up to 216 active cases
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:50 PM
Sep 2021

And we have more sites offering the vaccine than I can name, pharmacies, pharmacies in grocery stores, Walmart - and there are quite a few of each store.

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