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IMMUNE. SOLEDAD: AS SANDRA LINDSAY MENTIONS, ONFRTLINE CAREGIVERS HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND MENTALLY DRAINED BY THE ON-GOING BATTLE WITH COVID-19. I ASKED HER ABOUT BURNOUT, THE PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON THE NURSING PROFESSION, AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CAR IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE BACK TO THESE EMERGENCIES HAPPENING AROUND THE COURYNT AND COVID CASE AFTER CASE AND OVERWHELMED HOSPITALYES T AGAIN . I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SPKEA FOR SOME OF YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABT OUTHAT? SANDRA: WE ARE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DRAINED AND EXHAUSTED. WERE A HOPEFUL, I’M HOPEL.FU BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I’M HUMAN. AND SO, I’M VERY TIRED. I’M VERY CONCERNED STILL. SODALED: THERE WAS A STUDY OUT BY MCKINSEY THAT SAID THAT ROUGHLY 22% OF NURSES WHWEO SURVEYED INDICATED THAT THEY MIGHT LEAVE DIRECT PATIENT CEAR BECAUSE OF THAT EXHAUSTION, BECAUSE OF THASTT RESS LEVEL. AND, BY THE WAY, THAT THAT SURVEY WAS DONE BEFORE THIS LATEST SURGE OF CASES. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO Y?OU SANDRA: WE’VE SEEN ME OFSO PAICRTULARLY OUR YOUNGER NURSSE WHO HAVE SAID THAT THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS, THSTE RESSS I TOO MUCH. AND WE’VE SEEQUITN E A FEW WHO HAVE LEFT THE CRITICAL CARE SPACE TO GO PRACTICE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, OUTPATIENT, TPOUATIENT AREAS WHERE THEY FEEL THE STRESS LEVEL IS LOR.WE WE NEED MORE NURSES, ANDOR F NURSES TO BE DEPARTING THE PROFSIESON BECAUSE THEY’RE BNTUR OUT OR TRAUMATIZED, THAT, AT IS DEVASTATING. SOLEDAD: WHERE DO YOU THINK WE GO FROM HERE? SANDRA: WE HAVE TO CONTINUE DRIVE HOME TO PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THIS THIS VIRUS IS RE,AL IT’S DEADLY, IT’S KILLING .US I’M SEEING IT IN THE HOSPITAL. I CONTINUE TO SEE IT IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS, IF YOU REALLY NTWA TO SHOW US YOUR APPRECIATI, PLEASE COMPLY WITH THE GUIDELINES. PLEASE GO OUT AND GET VACCINATED, BECAUSE THAT’S ETH ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO SEE COVID IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRR.RO SOLEDAD: SANDRA LINDSAY IS A NURSE AT LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENT