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Commentary: Staffing hospitals at skeletal levels forces nurses to scramble

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion May 27, 2023

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As a registered nurse working in Maine for more than 40 years, I can tell you that understaffing in our hospitals is a threat to patient safety. Too often, hospitals fail to ensure that there are enough registered nurses to provide our patients safe, competent, therapeutic and effective care. Many people do not know that there is currently no limit to the number of patients a nurse can be made to care for at one time in Maine. No limit.  ... + full article



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