Several nurses from Providence Regional Medical Center spoke to the Everett City Council yesterday asking for the city to mandate hazard pay for nurses during the current staffing shortage at the hospital.
Many of the speakers at the council meeting said that the staffing shortage is extreme, and while they say there has long been a shortage of nurses, the current situation is the worst it has been.
Nurses are asking for hazard pay as compensation for the long hours and overworked staff. Staffing shortages have been affecting service at the hospital for months now.
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City Attorney David Hall said
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