Newsweek December 26, 2023
Christine Villabona-Kuntz

During the holidays, nurses are striking or preparing to strike in many states around the country, and for good reason. Unless you work in health care, you don’t know how toxic this industry can be. That’s true even after the COVID pandemic shined a bright light on problems like the lack of fully trained personnel available to take care of our loved ones after they are admitted to the hospital.

I’ve worked in the trenches as a registered nurse for 29 years, but fewer and fewer people in my position are willing to do that. The American Hospital Association estimates that a half million nurses will leave the field by the end of 2023, bringing the total shortage to 1.1...

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