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Thank you. From Wondery, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Friday, February 12th.

Happy end of the week, everyone.

Let's talk about an industry that was feeling the squeeze even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Nursing. Right now, there are more jobs for registered nurses available than there are qualified people to fill them. And that shortage is expected to grow unless the industry can get 1.1 million jobs filled by 2022, according to the American Nursing

Association. Add in a pandemic, and nurses are really feeling the heat. In April of last year,

the American Nursing Association surveyed 32,000 nurses about their experiences serving during COVID-19.

87% of the respondents said they feared going to work, and only 11% said they felt equipped

to take on patients with COVID.

Working long hours in high-stress conditions means more nurses are at risk of burning out

and quitting.

Of course, that only exacerbates the shortage and leaves hospitals scrambling

to find qualified health professionals to work with sick patients. Question is, is this a problem

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