‘I can’t do this any more’: US faces nurse shortage from burnout

Anxiety, depression and exhaustion, as well as fears of catching Covid, and the witnessing of so many deaths, are among some of the reasons, according to several studies

Mary Ann Evely already knew she wanted to be a nurse at age 15, so she started volunteering at a children's hospital in St Louis.

Fifty years later, Evely's feelings about nursing haven't changed in spite of her work during the past 20 months in a hospice unit in Naples, Florida.