https://freerepublic.com/tag/bluecityblues/ en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:43:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4399858/posts The field can command six-figure salaries, but understaffing and persistent violence are pushing nurses off the front linesPaige Campbell became a nurse during the pandemic, wanting to make a difference. She landed a job after college working in the emergency department at a Fort Walton Beach, Fla., hospital.Since then, she’s been kicked, spat on and shoved to the ground. Last year, after an emergency patient strangled her, she left for a role remotely monitoring patients. Front-line nurses are in high demand, but she needed a break. “All I could think was, ‘I can’t breathe, I’m going to die here, and... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4399858/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:43:27 GMT