New York City nurses at two major hospitals are on strike. They say their main concern is the standard of care in hospitals, including nurse-to-patient ratios.
New York City nurses at two major hospitals are on strike. They say their main concern is the care standards in hospitals, including nurse-to-patient ratios.
From California to New York, nurses have gone on strike over similar issues, ranging from pay, to hours, and standard of care. “If you don't value your more senior nurses in addition to recruiting new nurses, you're going to have a workforce that is impaired, not only in numbers, but in terms of their clinical experience and their ability to take care of patients. That's why both are important,” Escala said.“You had more senior nurses, more experienced nurses, resign,” Escala said. “Younger nurses were saying, ‘You know what, I don't need to work in these kinds of conditions’ so they left.
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