Why America’s nurses are getting ‘hangovers’ from their work
Nurses face burnout, a high turnover and patient safety errors as ‘unsafe staffing’ has become the standard, advocates say
Brenda Meadwell, a nurse in the labor and delivery department at the Bluefield regional medical center, in Bluefield, West Virginia, one of 111 hospitals owned by Community Health Systems, says she is one of many nurses around the US who work under conditions where her department is frequently understaffed.
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