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She came to the States 34 years ago, first working in the fields before eventually landing her dream job in education.

To find out, Friedrich and Hackmann linked staffing data with individual patient records on diagnoses, procedures, and health outcomes.

Miller: Are these also the nurses who have the most experience? At hospitals, they found no change in the annual mortality rate.

But lately, contract fights have reached a new and unsettling pitch, workers in several health systems say.