Nurses at NJ's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital are striking for the first time since 2006 saying they are burned out and need relief.
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Nurses say during an average 12-hour shift, they’re often caring for six patients. RWJ University Hospital is a level one trauma center, meaning it treats the sickest patients in the region, often sent by other hospitals that can’t provide the same level of care. “It did not and should not have come to this. This is not a strike of necessity and could have been avoided had the union not been so intent on this outcome. No one benefits from a strike, least of all, our nurses,” she said in a statement.
Nurses nationally have been pushing for better staffing ratios for years. But the demand has taken on greater urgency since the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the ongoing nursing shortage as nurses left the profession or retired.A fact sheet sent to reporters by the hospital says administrators hired 150 nurses since 2022 and the hospital has the highest staffing levels as well as the highest paid nurses in the state.
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