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News Article: "When It’s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After"

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An interesting article in the New York Times by Pauline Chen, MD about the health of caring professionals. Nursing ranks among the worst occupations in terms of work-related injuries, and nearly half of all nurses struggle with lower back pain in a given year. Now research shows that when nurses suffer, so do their patients. READ THE FULL ARTICLE