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"We're tired now — overwhelmed," one ER nurse said from the picket lines as protest disrupts patient care.

Advanced air defense system. back heret a home, it's day two of a new york city nurses strike and it is showing no signs of coming to an end anytime soon. cbs's meg oliver reports the main sticking point remains safe staffing levels. ( shouting ) >> reporter: bundled up in the icy cold, nurses at new york city's hospital hospital -- mount sinai hospital are not backing down. we want more staff. no one's happy, no one's staying. people don't like to work here. >> reporter: thousands of nurses here and at montefiore hospital were offered a 19% pay raise but still want the hospital to hire more s...

The potential walkout would follow deals reached at several other hospitals in the city. The union says chronic understaffing leaves nurses caring for too many patients.

Union says chronic understaffing leaves nurses caring for too many patients, saying "bosses have pushed us to strike."

Several hospitals in New York City are starting to divert a majority of ambulances away from their facilities and canceling some elective surgeries ahead of a tentative nurses strike scheduled to begin on Monday.