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Nurses: Union push about patient care.

Byline: Laura Clymer

May 12--Claiming patient care is suffering, nurses rallied outside Flagstaff Medical Center on Thursday before sending off a request for a union election to the National Labor Relations Board office in Phoenix.

Nurses say their efforts to provide the best care are being compromised by how the hospital administration staffs units, and a patient records system that is cumbersome.

"Someone has to stand up for patients' rights," said Nancy Swann, a registered nurse in the medical/surgical unit at FMC. "We want to give the best care to the patients in this community."

Vice President for Community Affairs Janet Dean countered that FMC has ...

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