Imagine facing a life-threatening emergency and finding out that the hospital is understaffed.
On July 5th, 2023, I had to rush my 18-year-old son to the ER at Nashoba.
He was diagnosed with new onset type one diabetes and was in diabetic ketoacidosis.
Despite the excellent care from the staff, the hospital was critically short of nurses due to administrative neglect.
My son, an ICU patient, had to stay in the ER all night because there were no staffed ICU beds available.
Have you ever experienced a similar situation where staffing issues impacted care?
Audra Sprague, RN., a former nurse at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Lunenburg, MA, testified before the Senate HELP Committee regarding the impact of management decisions on patient care amidst the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care.
