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Nurses in the neurosurgery unit at Providence Regional Medical Center submitted more than 100 staffing complaints in the first three months of this year, said Trevor Gjendem, a registered nurse at the

Local committees will still set nurse/patient ratios amid new state oversight, but workers argue the current complaint system falls short.

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Throughout because we got leaders who lack the grit to stick with the process. the process is if we will do the mitigation needed until we can get the virus down low and reach herd immunity, we can win. if we continue to lack the courage to do it, then well continue to see new variants come up. more problems like this happen and its going to affect our economy and our public health. >> quick final question. i know you just had an appellate court win from the perspective of the governor, he says ...

Court win from the perspective of the governor, he says i have emergency powers and they include the subject matter that you and i are discussing. >> so, the law says the governor can suspend certain regulatory laws such as he can suspend licensing for out of state nurses to come work here. it doesnt say he can use his power to stop other people from responding to the emergency. the law gives local authorities the response -- the responsibility to handle that response at the local level. it can ...

Requesting help from out of state nurses and delaying elective procedures to deal with an overwhelming surge in cases. a health official says only 329 i.c.u. beds are available in the entire state, and that includes just 27 in the houston area where there are 7 million people. and the source tells cnn that the federal government has recently sent hundreds of ventilators to florida. governor desantis, though, claims to know nothing about that. amara walker is live for us in fort lauderdale, flori...

The freedom of towns and schools from making their own decisions about how to protect children. both states now have more minors, kids, hospitalized than ever before. >> and in texas, governor abbott is requesting help from out of state nurses and delaying elective procedures to deal with an overwhelming surge in cases there. health official says only 329 icu beds are available in the entire state. and that includes just 27 in the houston area where there are 7 million people. a source is tellin...