Seattle Children’s Hospital nurses call for action amid escalating pediatric mental health crisis
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SEATTLE — Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital are demanding immediate help from management because of what they are calling a crisis in pediatric mental health.
The nurses' union told KOMO News the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit “seems like a combat zone,” as it remains understaffed and struggles to help violent kids in the hospital. Nurses are demanding the hospital address it with more staff and boosted safety protocols.
Seattle Children’s Hospital nurses call for action amid escalating pediatric mental health crisis
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