Arizona hospitals last decade struggled to find enough nurses to fill shifts in critical hospital operations, prompting some hospitals to turn to temporary or traveling nurses to ensure enough medical help for patients…Mayo Clinic and Phoenix Children's Hospital, in turn, have sued former U.S. Rep. Sam Coppersmith's law firm, which advised the hospital association and several hospitals about the nursing registry.

Arizona Republic by Ken Alltucker   3/25/12

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