TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Nurses have been in high demand for years, but the pandemic shed new light on the strain on the system. “COVID definitely exposed a lot of those problems that our nationwide health care system has when it comes to the nursing shortage, so I think coming out of COVID we’ve really been able to be innovative …
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Early data and anecdotal evidence suggests some states may be rebounding from the nurse shortage, though concrete data on the topic is sparse, and more time is needed to confirm the trend. So far, the clearest evidence comes from Florida. Nurse vacancy rates fell from 22 percent in 2022 to 13 percent this year, according to a Florida Hospital Association …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Nashville hospital patient was arrested Friday after police said he kicked a nurse in the face and flung blood toward staff while shouting racial slurs. Metro officers were dispatched to TriStar Summit Medical Center in response to a patient fighting with staff. Responding officers found the patient, 45-year-old Gregory Pollock, restrained to a bed. Hospital …
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