HEALTH
Who Cares for the Caregivers? The Push for Laws to Protect Nurses’ Mental Health
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The alarm blares at 5:00 AM, and before the coffee kicks in, you step onto the hospital floor. Chaos is in full swing — you’re short-staffed again, with twice as many patients as possible. A patient in room 406 is crashing, alarm bells shriek, and is that another patient shouting for meds across the hall…