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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> In the last two months my unit has lost 8 nurses out of 90.</strong> <strong> A nurse who is burnt out</strong> and moving to a lower acuity area A nurse who is going<strong> back to school</strong> for her DNP A nurse who took a job in a cardiology clinic, she says she <strong> can’t do ICU anymore</strong> A nurse who quit and is<strong> looking for a non nursing job</strong> Two nurses who are moving to<strong> another hospital for 5 dollars more an hour</strong> A nurse who is lgoing to a smaller hospital to get<strong> dayshift with less acuity patients</strong> A nurse who decided to<strong> move across country to be close to her grandkids,</strong> she says the pandemic made that clear. It’s not unusual for us to lose a nurse a month but typically it’s pregnancy, husbands or wife’s new jobs, or graduating NP school. <strong> This is all despite a comprehensive Covid wellness and mental health program</strong> and is having had <strong> excellent PPE</strong> during the crisis.<strong> It seems that nurses are just done with the whole system of healthcare and the pandemic proved to us that this system will never be fixed.</strong> I myself would quit nursing but I’m 61; my job choices at this pascals are limited and I’ve got another 11 years to retirement!