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MAKE THEIR JOBS SAFER. >> GIVE US THE PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED. ALAN: A HANDFUL OF NURSES PROTESTING OUTSIDE RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER. >> TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE AND TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. ALAN: ALL WITH ONE COMMON MESSAGE. >> THE NUMBER ONE THING WE ARE MOST SCARED OF IS BRINGING THIS HOME TO OUR FAMILIES, AND IF WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, IT’S HARD TO STAY CLEAN IN THE SITUATION. ALAN: THEY SAY THEIR JOB IS VERY DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW. >> WE NEED PPE’S BECAUSE WITHOUT US BEING THERE IN THE FRONT LINES, THEN THEY’RE NOT GONNA HAVE NURSES THERE WHEN THEY NEED US. ALAN: THAT’S WHY THEY’RE ASKING FOR HELP. >> WE ARE HAVING TO SHARE GOWNS AND WE’RE GIVEN ONE MASK A DAY FOR THE ENTIRE SHIFT. ALAN: NURSES SAY IT’S NOT JUST PROBLEM HERE, THEY SAY IT’S A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE, THEY DESCRIBE WHAT IT’S LIKE INSIDE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB. >> IT’S DEVASTATING, THESE PATIENTS ARE DYING ALONE, MANY OF US ARE GOING HOME CRYING AT NIGHT. ALAN: THEIR GOAL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO TALK TO OTHER NURSES FROM OTHER SHIFTS. >> AND ASK THEM WHAT THEIR UNITS HAVE OR DON’T HAVE. ALAN: THEY HOPE THE COMMUNITY AND THE HOSPITAL IS LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE. WE ARE A

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Some nurses at Research Medical Center protested Wednesday over safety and their working conditions."Give us the proper protective equipment that we need to keep ourselves safe and to keep the community safe," said Angela Davis, an ICU nurse.There are more than 700 nurses working at Research Medical Center and 100 of them working in the intensive care unit."The No. 1 one thing we are most scared of is bringing this home to our families. And if we don't have the right amount of protective equipment, it's hard to stay clean in the situation," Davis said.The nurses said their jobs are very dangerous right now."We need (personal protective equipment), because without us being there in the front lines, then they're not going to have nurses there when they need us," nurse Cheryl Rodarmel said.The nurses said they are asking for help."We are having to share gowns and we're given one mask a day for the entire shift, many of those will just snap off and break," Davis said.Nurses say it's not just a problem at Research Medical Center. They said it is a problem everywhere."It's devastating. These patients are dying alone. Many of us are going home crying at night," Davis said.The nurses said their goal is to talk to other nurses from other shifts and find out what their units have or need. They also said they hope the community and the hospital are listening to the message."We are very tight-knit group in the ICU and we become even closer because of it," Davis said.HCA Health Care said the union's allegations that employees were not screened is false. HCA said it was the first health system in the region to begin screening.