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Larned State Hospital employees tell their stories
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Photo by Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune Tristan Shaver, a mental health developmental disability technician at the Sexual Predator Treatment Program, speaks with her child at her side Saturday.
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com LARNED -- Three employees at Larned State Hospital facilities told their stories Saturday of mandated overtime and frustration with a work schedule that makes maintaining a "normal" family life impossible. Mike Marvin, head of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, said aides and mid-level nurses are often being required to work two or more 12- or 16-hour shifts a week. KOSE represents many of the hospital’s mental health developmental disability aides and licensed practical nurses.