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Nurses go on strike for proper gear, training to protect them against Ebola

By The Washington Post  
   November 11, 2014

It doesn't seem like nurses are asking for too much as fears escalate over the spread of Ebola. They're concerned about safety — not just for themselves but for their patients and for the public. But hospital management hasn't responded. Neither has Congress nor the president. That's why some 100,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners across the country, including 400 at a Washington, D.C., hospital, are going on strike, picketing or holding rallies and candlelight vigils as part of a national "Day of Action" Wednesday to protest their lack of protective gear and training for taking care of Ebola patients.

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