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January 13, 2023

Nurses’ Strike Ends in New York City After Hospitals Agree To Add Nurses

Sharon Otterman, Joseph Goldstein and Jenny Gross The New York Times

The strike exemplified a problem in hospitals across the nation, where cost-cutting had resulted in staffs stretched well beyond recommended safe staffing ratios even before emergency conditions began.

June 29, 2021

Hospitals Already Had a Nurse Staffing Crisis. Then Covid-19 Came Along.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook The Intercept

Studies have reported a link between staffing shortages and higher rates of hospital-acquired infections.

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