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  • this fed up nurse just quit her job in a very public way on Facebook.

  • Acquit.

  • I care about the patients and all but my family and live my life.

  • They mattered.

  • They come first.

  • Melissa Thomas Scott, a breast cancer survivor, and Mama four, made the difficult decision after being assigned to a floor where patients were being tested for Corona virus.

  • My manager sent me to a floor that is being tested for chroma.

  • She knows my health history.

  • She knows all of this.

  • I told her, My kids don't have anybody to go to while they're here.

  • I can't send my kids away like everybody else.

  • I'm done leaving.

  • Nurse Melissa walked out of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, the hardest hit in Georgia.

  • Her video is getting mixed reaction on social media.

  • Good on you for standing up for yourself, goes one supportive comment.

  • There was also this.

  • It's what you signed up for when you're a nurse Nurse Melissa says she does wish he handled the situation differently.

  • I should have remained calm.

  • Do you want to try to return toe work?

  • I love my job.

  • I didn't want to do that, and that's one of the reasons why I was so upset because I felt like I was left with no other options.

  • The way that this thing has spread, I doubt if they will let me return.

  • But I mean, if given the chance, of course, I would take my job back.

  • Like Nurse Melissa, hospital employees across the country are under extreme stress.

  • Many of these heroes are venting their anguish on the instagram page.

  • Air it out Cove in 19.

  • I feel a knot in my stomach whenever I walk into the hospital, says this post.

  • I always knew I would have to work in a difficult and stressful environment, but I could never imagine this.

this fed up nurse just quit her job in a very public way on Facebook.

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