The omicron surge is stretching Illinois nurses to the limit
By Lynnea DomienikThe omicron surge is stretching Illinois nurses to the limit
By Lynnea Domienik
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Last week, National Nurses United went on strike to protest working conditions that they say omicron has exacerbated. This is part two in our look at how the surge in cases and hospitalizations has been affecting nurses.
Reset checks in with a career nurse who works in hospitals in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
GUEST: Jeanette Alvarez-Basem, critical care nurse at University of Illinois Medical Center and at community hospitals in Northwest Indiana