“I chose to stick around, a lot of nurses didn’t,” Arylis Scates said. “And that’s hard to see a lot of your close friends just leave the profession.”
The top floor of the Medical Center parking garage was turned into an open-air carnival with games of chance and fair food for nurses and nursing staff to enjoy.
“Cancelling vacations, working overtime, working extra shifts to help cover their coworkers on their units when they’re short, moving to other units to help them out when they’re short, so yes, a lot of sacrifices,” said Martin. “I chose to stick around, a lot of nurses didn’t,” Scates said. “And that’s hard to see a lot of your close friends just leave the profession.”
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