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In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open space, according to staff members.<\/p>\n

And in South Florida, psychiatric nurses have been treating veterans with mental health conditions in a hallway near a bathroom, sitting down with them in a makeshift medical bay jury-rigged out of filing cabinets and a translucent screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople walking by can hear everything that\u2019s going on,\u201d said Bill Frogameni, an acute care psychiatric nurse at the Miami V.A. hospital and director of the local chapter of the National Nurses United union, referring to the patient intake setup in a V.A. facility in Homestead, Fla., outside Miami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe nurses are triaging these patients asking standard questions: \u2018Do you feel like harming yourself or others? How long have you been feeling suicidal? Do you have a plan to harm yourself?\u2019\u201d Mr. Frogameni said. \u201cIt\u2019s very personal stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPeople walking by can hear everything that\u2019s going on,\u201d said Bill Frogameni, an acute care psychiatric nurse and director of the local chapter of the National Nurses United union in Miami.<\/span>Scott McIntyre for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The cramped conditions are the result of President Trump\u2019s decision to rescind remote work arrangements for federal employees, reversing a policy that at the V.A. long predated the pandemic. Since Mr. Trump\u2019s order, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been scrambling to find adequate office space for tens of thousands of health care employees, even those who see most or all of their patients virtually, while maintaining the legal requirement of confidentiality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open space, according to staff members.And in South Florida, psychiatric nurses have been treating veterans with mental health conditions in a hallway near a bathroom, sitting down with them in a makeshift medical bay jury-rigged out of filing cabinets and a translucent screen.\u201cPeople walking by can hear everything that\u2019s going on,\u201d said Bill Frogameni, an acute care psychiatric nurse at the Miami V.A. hospital and director of the local chapter of the National Nurses United union, referring to the patient intake setup in a V.A. facility in Homestead, Fla., outside Miami.\u201cThe nurses are triaging these patients asking standard questions: \u2018Do you feel like harming yourself or others? How long have you been feeling suicidal? Do you have a plan to harm yourself?\u2019\u201d Mr. Frogameni said. \u201cIt\u2019s very personal stuff.\u201d\u201cPeople walking by can hear everything that\u2019s going on,\u201d said Bill Frogameni, an acute care psychiatric nurse and director of the local chapter of the National Nurses United union in Miami.Scott McIntyre for The New York TimesThe cramped conditions are the result of President Trump\u2019s decision to rescind remote work arrangements for federal employees, reversing a policy that at the V.A. long predated the pandemic. Since Mr. Trump\u2019s order, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been scrambling to find adequate office space for tens of thousands of health care employees, even those who see most or all of their patients virtually, while maintaining the legal requirement of confidentiality.Are you a federal worker? We want to hear from you.The Times would like to hear about your experience as a federal worker under the second Trump administration. We may reach out about your submission, but we will not publish any part of your response without contacting you first.<\/p>\n

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