'We're battle-weary': Polk County nurses face exhaustion as COVID-19 surge prompts need for extra shifts

Nurses say increasing incentives are not enough to make up for the exhaustion being felt at Tampa Bay area hospitals as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge. One hospital is offering $500 more per shift with a four-week commitment, a nurse told 8 On Your Side. “Personally, health-wise and stuff, I don’t know that I can do it for the $500. We’re battle-weary,” said critical care nurse Hershey Pyle.