ANALYSIS: One Nurse to 11 Patients: Pennsylvania Grapples with Controversial Fix to Workforce Crisis

ANALYSIS: One Nurse to 11 Patients: Pennsylvania Grapples with Controversial Fix to Workforce Crisis
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Beth Brelje
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When nurses have too many patients to care for, medications are given hours late, and patients must wait for basic needs like bathing, toileting, eating, and drinking to be met. Those who can’t hold their own cups must wait for a few sips of water and are sometimes found with visibly dry lips.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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