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Nurses to address staffing concerns on Beacon Hill
Currently, there are about 19,000 job vacancies in Massachusetts hospitals, according to the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association.
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Nursing shortage causing burnout, impacting patient care, Mass. advocates say
There are growing concerns among nurses across Massachusetts that a staffing crisis is causing burnout and impacting patient care. The past year and a half has seen more than 12,000 unsafe staffing reports, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association, which is arguing that nurses are having to care for too many patients at once. Nurses made another pitch Wednesday to…