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H.R. 2273, The Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009
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anonymous
June 6, 2009, 12:45am (report abuse)I actually think this is a great idea. The staffing issues that I have dealt with are downright UNSAFE in the ICU setting and patient acuity. There is no doubt consequences with patient safety and their post-surgical outcomes, morbidity and mortality. I am totally for this bill. It would definately have to be audited to truly work, however. It is a right of the patient to receive no harm. Unfortuanety, this occurs in the hospital climate of today.
YB
July 4, 2009, 12:53pm (report abuse)I strongly support this bill and recommend that nurses throughout the US should support. Facility not using nurse-to-patient ratios based on acuity is the reason I left hospital nursing and went to teaching. I did not feel that I could be a safe practitioner, and daily I was putting my license on the line.
anonymous
July 28, 2009, 10:34pm (report abuse)all hospitals seems to have less staff at night ironically, there is less resources and more sundowners, which greatly impacts patient safety. why is this? Will this bill support all shifts and be standardized for all shifts????