‘We're Losing The War': As Pandemic Surges, Healthcare Workers Call On Top Management To Make A Change

CBS Minnesota

December 21, 2021

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association are calling on hospital leaders and elected officials to make changes they say are necessary to improve staffing and overall morale.

In a press conference Monday afternoon, representatives from several healthcare providers, including North Memorial Hospital, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Children’s Minnesota, M Health Fairview and more, put the blame for staffing issues on upper management.

“For years, our hospital CEOs hired and scheduled nurses at low levels to cut costs, putting revenues ahead of care at the bedside,” said MNA President Mary Turner, who works at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale. “We need the public, hospital executives and elected officials to hear us when we say that the nurses are at a breaking point.”

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