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Seattle Children’s Hospital nurses fear for safety, demand change

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More than 40 nurses in the psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit of Seattle Children's are demanding change. Nurses say they are short-staffed, they are lacking resources, and they are facing violent situations almost every day.

According to the nurses’ union, in the last two weeks, things have gotten so bad that police were called on two separate occasions.

Seattle Children’s Hospital nurses fear for safety, demand change

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