The emotional and physical toll of the pandemic has pushed one veteran nurse to consider leaving her job. 'I don't think people understand how awful this virus is,' she said.
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As the Omicron variant swept the U.S., her unit began to fill again with Covid-19 patients. One of them, Torey Boykin, she cared for before his 2018 double-lung transplant. He was her patient one day in early January. Hospitals rely on nurses to pick up overtime to help during surges. Ms. Saranathan, 53, works extra 12-hour shifts, but said she can only do so much.
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