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In reply to the discussion: THREAD: Harrowing account of effect of UNVACCINATED on hospital ICU capabilities [View all]lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)Most of my assignments are in medical manpower shortage areas... until recently.
Many hospitals in the country have been understaffed for decades. Medical manpower shortage areas often are staffed mostly by travelers and contractors.
It has gotten worse, and I'm one of the personnel who caught the COVID early on, had to go into semi-retirement due to my own health limitations. I'm just one, I know of several in the same boat- long haulers with chronic health issues now. Many older caregivers like myself just threw up their hands and said fukkit, took retirement earlier than they previously planned. Hospitals have always been stressful hell holes to work in, the pandemic amplified all that tremendously.
I've gotten several job offers a day for months now, I had to change my number and my email address it became so impossible to sort it all out.