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 went on strike for three days earlier this month, it spotlighted a growing national 

: nurses feel overworked, burned out, and underpaid. 

Nurses are exhausted from working on the front lines during the pandemic. But even before COVID, nurses were grappling with sicker patients, new technologies and increasing workplace demands. 

Recent data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development shows 

 doubled from 2,450 in 2019 to 5,587 in 2021. That left eight percent of jobs unfilled.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two nurses about the stress their colleagues have been feeling on the job, why some nurses are retiring early or quitting and what needs to change to bring new nurses into the profession. 

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The nursing strike across Minnesota earlier this month put a spotlight on the nationwide strain on our nursing workforce. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two nurses about what nurses do, how their work has changed and what can be done to address job stress and a worsening nurse shortage.

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