Mount Sinai Nurses Say Hospitals Are Facing Understaffing Crisis: ‘Morale Is At An All-Time Low'

"We are at our breaking point. Morale is at an all-time low, and we are losing nurses at an alarming rate," one nurse said.

Posted Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 4:13 pm ET

December 2, 2021

Nurses from Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West held a rally Wednesday over what they call an understaffing crisis at their hospitals.

They say some nurses have quit or retired early because of management’s refusal to announce plans to protect patient care and hire and retain nurses.

“We are at our breaking point. Morale is at an all-time low, and we are losing nurses at an alarming rate,” one nurse said.

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