ICU nurse Hannah Schomburg, front left, stands with other nurses at the picket line on Sept. 25, 2023, outside SM Health St. Louis University Hospital in Midtown St. Louis. Nurses at the hospital held a 24 hour strike, looking for a contract that addresses staffing shortages, increased pay and workplace violence prevention. “In the ICU, patients need such frequent monitoring,” Schomburg said. “And sometimes if we’re understaffed, then the patients aren’t being monitored to the extent they deserve.”
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