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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla K. Johnson and Brian Witte

VA nurses are in short supply. Unions say Trump's deferred resignation plan could make things worse

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For the federal government's largest group of employees — nurses caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs — the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer and its looming Thursday deadline come amid longstanding staffing shortages, deemed severe at more than half of all facilities.

Unions are discouraging nurses from accepting the offer, and leaders say an exodus would directly and immediately affect the care of its 9.1 million enrolled veterans.

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