Predictions of doom about the future of nursing grew, as hospitals
reported critical staffing shortages during the Covid surges of 2020 and
2021. But there are signs staffing shortfalls are dissipating as the
federal and state governments send aid—maybe. Lauren Gardner talks to
Shawn Zeller about whether the crunch is easing. Plus, David Markowitz,
a professor of communication at the University of Oregon, on his study
about how doctors’ notes (1.8 million of them) can reveal the way
physicians sometimes treat patients differently depending on their
ethnicity or gender.
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