The nurses are asking the city council to investigate Providence for purposely understaffing the hospital, saying they are using the shortage as a solution to resolve their $1.3 billion loss from last year.
Several nurses from Providence Regional Medical Center spoke to the Everett City Council yesterday asking for the city to mandate hazard pay for nursesSeveral 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.
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.City Attorney David Hall said it is questionable that the City Council can actually mandate hazard pay but may ask the nurses to draft a letter that individual council members could sign if they wished.
Julie Bynum, a float nurse at Providence for the last 12 years, was one of the nurses that spoke to the council.
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