IN-DEPTH: America’s Nurses Are Burned Out and Ready to Quit; Hospitals Nationwide Brace for Shortages

IN-DEPTH: America’s Nurses Are Burned Out and Ready to Quit; Hospitals Nationwide Brace for Shortages
A medical staff member takes a short nap in nursing station in Houston, on Dec. 14, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images
Michael Clements
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Jay Cuesta grew up planning to go to medical school. Then, in 2000, his premature infant died at just two weeks old, and Cuesta’s vision for the future was realigned.

He told The Epoch Times that nurses were beside him and his wife throughout their ordeal. Nurses were beside them during the birth of the child they knew wouldn’t survive. Nurses were beside them as they grieved in the otherwise sterile hospital environment.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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