Nurses on Front Lines of Pandemic Talk Burnout, Staffing
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Across the country, hospital systems are facing a shortage of nurses.
Across the country, hospital systems are facing a shortage of nurses. In Cook County, the shortage prompted nurses at Stroger Hospital to go on strike this summer, for the first time in decades.
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Nurses on Front Lines of Pandemic Talk Burnout, Staffing
Clip: 8/16/2021 | 7m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Across the country, hospital systems are facing a shortage of nurses. In Cook County, the shortage prompted nurses at Stroger Hospital to go on strike this summer, for the first time in decades.
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