Nurse Shortage Threatens Care


	Nurse Shortage Threatens Care

falconz

3-9-2009 10:36 AM

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health, healthcare

falconz says:

The article doesn't even mention nurse turnover in hospitals and nursing homes. I think this is the MAIN reason for nurse shortages. Healthcare needs to be scrapped from its current form and rebuilt from scratch.

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