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MCHI, Westfield sources say staffing was already thin before COVID
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Barb Morris, an LPN and MDS coordinator at Westfield Quality Care in Aurora, takes the blood pressure of Wayne Hilder, a resident at the long-term care facility on 1st Street.
Finding and retaining trained nurses to provide all levels of health care was a challenge before COVID hit, and two years into the pandemic local health care administrators say the shortage of nurses is even more severe.
The Nebraska Center for Nursing — a Department of Health and Human Services organization created by the Nebraska Legislature to address the nursing shortage in the state —…
