Health care workers face mental health crisis as the result of pandemic disaster We are seeing “ the great resignation ” in health care. Studies show three-tenths of health care workers are looking for new jobs. We ran on adrenaline for a year, burning the candle at both ends. Now we are empty and have nothing but time to reflect on the tragedy. The many lonely deaths witnessed left us traumatized. We remember feeling scared, unprotected and let down by our administration , who didn ’ t value us enough for a plastic gown. Every day a new direction and our lives, our familie s ’ lives and our patients ’ lives were caught in the balance. I will never be the same person as I was before this pandemic. I will never forget that management hid in offices and made decisions that I was not worth the value of a paper mask. I have never felt more strongly that nurses are not [considered] valuable. Every day I showed up and gave my whole heart to those who were scared and alone. I held their hand with empathy , knowing that their fate was inevitable. If you were a prostitute, a politician, a lawyer, a drug dealer , it didn ’ t matter. I would care for you , giving everything I had.