Posted by James Eli Shiffer, with reporting by Josephine Marcotty:
From early this morning, nurses have been telling stories like this one, from the Pioneer Press's Jeremy Olson:
That's not how the hospitals describe what happened. Late this morning, Penny Wheeler, chief medical officer for Allina Hospitals & Clinics, was asked about reports that nurses were escorted from hospitals well before the 7 a.m. strike hour. She said some nurses were sent home before their shifts ended at 7 a.m. because there was no work for them because of lower-than-expected workloads.
