Side-by-side surveys of hospital nurses and patients (or family members of patient) who were in the hospital recently found that many patients are blissfully – or perhaps dangerously – unaware of the chaos, poor sanitation, and downright errors going on around them. A survey also found a major disconnect between the actions that patients and family members took to get better care, and the actions and steps that nurses said would actually help.
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