Nurses at Everett’s Providence Regional Medical Center are just one week away from a five-day strike.
November 07, 2023 at 6:03 pm PSTEVERETT, Wash. — Nurses at Everett’s Providence Regional Medical Center are justThe nurses union said that staffing issues have sent ER wait times soaring, and now firefighters are sounding the alarm, too.
“The staffing emergency at Providence Hospital is an emergency to all of us,” said firefighter and paramedic Don Huffman. He’s also the president of Everett’s firefighter’s union and is vocal about the need for more Providence nurses. “The staffing crisis at Providence has become so severe, the emergency room wait times tie up your firefighters for hours at a time. Keeping us from being available to respond to fires and other emergencies,” said Huffman.
In a statement, Providence explained that wait times in the ER fluctuate, based on a number of factors, including “the demands from the community” and the “level of care each patient requires.”“That means that the patient that called 911 for a medical emergency is laying on a fire department gurney in the halls of Providence Hospital awaiting medical attention,” he said.
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