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Oregon Capitol in Salem.
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James Schroeder.
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COURTESY OF HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON
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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic.
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Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
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CareOregon.
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Understaffing concerns have helped fuel nurse union rallies such as the one outside Providence Health's Oregon headquarters in Portland on January 20, 2023.
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