In a Mental Health America survey from June to September 2020, 93% of the more than 1,100 healthcare workers surveyed were experiencing stress. The survey found that 86% reported experiencing anxiety, 77% reported frustration, 76% reported exhaustion and burnout, and 75% said they were overwhelmed.
We spoke to four nurses on the front lines of the pandemic in Los Angeles County and one in academia to ask what challenges they’ve faced since March 2020 and how they are coping, personally and professionally. Here’s what they said.
