NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada - Leah Gorham made a career switch like no other when she quit her nursing job to become a truck driver.
The 42-year-old left her post at Saint John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick in October 2021. She had worked there since February 2006.
She now works for GTL Transportation, Inc. based out of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gorham said a series of events led her to leave the medical community behind, including being rejected from a university that would’ve allowed her to further her nursing education. RELATED: New York City to mark 1 year anniversary of first COVID shot "In August of 2021, I was assaulted by a patient and decided to change careers shortly after that," Gorham told FOX Television Stations. "Staff shortages existed ever since I started working at the hospital.
I believe the staffingshortages were a major cause of the assault.""That evening, us nurses had many patients short-staffed and were so busy with our own assignments it was not communicated to me that this patient had a change in condition and was becoming aggressive and confused," she continued.