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Covid, burnout and low pay: Inside the global crisis in nursing

By Jamie Smyth and Sarah Neville
Financial Times·
13 mins to read

Nurses were lauded as "heroes" by governments when the pandemic hit, but dismal working conditions have led many to quit the profession.

Danielle Henderson, a mother of five in north-west Arkansas, quit her job as a registered nurse as Covid-19 began spreading around the world in 2020. There weren't enough gowns, masks and other equipment to protect her from infection, she says. "I was pregnant at the time and I just didn't feel protected. And, mentally, I just think I

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