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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Daily Nurse

Barcott mentions that some people with nurse licenses aren ’ t practicing as a nurse at all because of understaffing. Less than half of those are working right now, but many of them are the ones that have active licenses. There ’ s like 150,000 nurses in Washington. Some employers believe that to solve this retention problem.

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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Minority Nurse

Barcott mentions that some people with nurse licenses aren ’ t practicing as a nurse at all because of understaffing. Less than half of those are working right now, but many of them are the ones that have active licenses. There ’ s like 150,000 nurses in Washington. Some employers believe that to solve this retention problem.

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Protect Yourself From Nursing Lawsuits, Other Legal Issues

Nurse.com

Being criminally charged with harm to a patient would probably make a top 10 list of nurses’ worst fears, along with being a defendant in a professional negligence lawsuit or losing their license to practice. The nurse documented her interactions with the patient and staff, including requests for help from physicians and hospital management.