‘You’ve got nothing left’: A Maine nurse’s view from the pandemic frontlines

As the pandemic grinds on into its third year, with no clear end in sight, the stress on nurses and frontline health care workers is unprecedented. Last week, more Mainers were hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any point during the pandemic, further straining a health care system so short-staffed that Gov. Janet Mills has deployed hundreds of members of the Maine National Guard. Meanwhile, health care workers have been quitting hospital jobs. Those who remain are doing their best to provide care in circumstances they could not have imagined just a few years ago.Read more.