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HealthConnections: Are Nurses the Proverbial Canaries in the Coal Mine?

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published September 30, 2021 at 2:34 PM EDT

Nurses are suffering because of the pandemic. We hear reports of stress, burn-out, depression, anxiety, demoralization, moral and ethical conflict, anger, and suicide among nurses. Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Dr. Sandy Leake, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at University of Tennessee Medical Center.

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Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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