After years of caring for surgery patients at a Canadian hospital, a veteran nurse has left the profession to start a new, high-demand career as a long-haul truck driver
Leah Gorham, 42, said she loved being a nurse but frustrations over persistent staff shortages -- which she said started before the Covid-19 pandemic -- and a lack of advancement led her to look for new opportunities.Metro Atlanta hospitals are overwhelmed -- and some ambulances must get diverted, health care leaders sayHer boyfriend, who's also a truck driver and an independent owner-operator, suggested she might like life on the open road.
She applied to go back to school for her bachelor's degree, so she could become a registered nurse, but her applications kept getting rejected.Gorham said she'd gotten about as high as she could on the career ladder without upgrading her qualifications.
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