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Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout

By Associated Press
| October 15, 2021

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge.

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