Rachael, who works in A&E at a London hospital, said staff were struggling to provide safe care in unsustainable conditions.
Manpower is often "woefully inadequate" and years of decline have triggered an exodus of experienced people.
She added: "It's like a battlefield - it's like field medicine rather than what you would expect in a modern, first-world hospital. At times it just feels like carnage."
Rachael, 41, said her recent shifts had been "some of the most difficult I've ever worked".
Struggling
No nurses enter the profession thinking the job will be easy but they do expect to have the support needed to work safely, she said.
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