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Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes
Hospital workers say violence and understaffing are driving strikes, with nurses reporting injury rates seven times higher than other workers, federal data show.
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is…