Cork ICU nurse: It’s a very stressful, sad place to work at times

CUH nurse calls for better supports for nurses working in ICU units

Ester Fitzgerald: 'Constantly, the HSE asks us to do more, and nurses, by our nature, we don’t say no. There’s only so long you can keep doing that.'

About one in 10 nurses new to intensive care units switch to other roles because of the pressures.

A senior Cork nurse has called for better workplace supports. Ester Fitzgerald, 1st vice-president of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, is a senior intensive care unit (ICU) nurse working at Cork University Hospital (CUH)