Nurses and other staff refusing to Treat COVID patients

[Mena2015]

Are any of you experiencing this issue?  Since the first wave hit, some of the nurses at work have refused to care for COVID patients. Management has allowed this and continues to do so.. My unit, Telemetry, became a makeshift COVID unit, with half available beds allocated to COVID patients. Last night all of the other nurses and techs scheduled to work with me  refused to take COVID patients.  Luckily an ER nurse, and a tech from another unit came to the rescue. However, this is so disheartening to see. Our patient ratio continues to increase -taking 5 patients each at the moment. Phlebotomists refuse to come to the COVID side to draw labs. It´s awful and heartbreaking...

[TheMoonisMyLantern, LPN, RN]

I work at a LTC facility, last night I was on the COVID unit with 10+ total care very sick geriatric patients by myself for half the night because the assigned staff refused to work with COVID. I don't mind working hard but doing both CNA and RN duties for over 10 patients is unacceptable. This is not our first outbreak of COVID so staff know how to work with them. I realize it's scary working with this virus but we can't choose our patients, someone has to take care of them. 

Sorry, I'll quit whining now.