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Nurses balk at bid to guide dealings with patients

In a push to improve patient care and make it more customer-friendly, hospitals are training nurses to be courteous, listen carefully, and check on patients hourly. But some nurses say their employers - in an effort to boost scores on patient satisfaction surveys and the revenue that can come with high ratings - have gone too far. Nurses unions say an increasing number of hospitals are asking nurses to adhere to standard scripts when talking to patients.

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