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Andrew Jull, Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

NZ’s nursing squeeze is an election issue. Is it time for compulsory patient ratios?

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Nurses are often described as the glue that holds hospital care together. They monitor patients for changes, administer medications and coordinate a wide range of services, keeping everything on track.

But what happens when that glue is spread too thin to hold? Nursing numbers are now an election issue and public attention is turning to the impact of understaffing on hospital wards.

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