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We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: There is no shortage of nurses. The so-called “#NursingShortage” is a crisis of the health care industry’s own making.

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You might be asking, “Why would the health care industry intentionally short staff hospitals?” To make money!

To cut labor costs, and increase profits, the hospital industry deliberately refuses to staff our nation’s hospitals with enough nurses to care for patients.
This isn’t new either. For decades, the hospital industry has driven nurses away by intentionally understaffing and closing units across the hospital.

Hospitals also fail to protect nurses from infectious diseases, workplace violence, and #MoralInjury.
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