During a rally outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, the nurses, all members of the National Nurses United union, said the cuts amount to a hiring freeze.
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The allegations in the ICU come as the Aurora VA has been roiled by controversy in recent months. When clinicians do raise concerns to management, they say they're met with admonition and retaliation.
Interviews with a half-dozen critical care providers, along with internal emails, show the ICU at Aurora's Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center continued COVID-era staffing workarounds.