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NursingShortage.sName = "NursingShortage";
NursingShortage.ID = "NursingShortage";
NursingShortage.ID_WB = 4586586;
NursingShortage.sPubDate = "3/23/2004 6:03:05 PM GMT";
NursingShortage.mainsectionID = "HEALTH"
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NursingShortage.appHeader = "FACT FILE|The nursing shortage";
NursingShortage.appDeck = "Many of the nation’s nurses are spread too thin, assigned too many patients. Here are some of the tasks nurses say regularly get skipped or delayed:";
NursingShortage.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press";
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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Providing medicines within one hour of the correct time.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Helping weak or disabled patients go to the restroom and promptly cleaning those who soil themselves.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Doing thorough evaluations and followup checks on all patients, especially critical lung and heart sounds.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Making sure patients have adequate pain relief.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Helping patients who require feeding when no aides are available.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Providing medicines within one hour of the correct time.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Checking intravenous lines for leaks or skin damage.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Giving baths and other hygiene care.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Comforting distraught, lonely patients.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Teaching patients and their family how to deal with an illness when they go home.";

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NursingShortage[i-1].body = "<li>Helping hospital staff plan follow-up treatment or home care";

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