NursesTakeDC

05/08/2024

03/03/2024

“While legislation to establish a nurse-patient ratio was reintroduced in Congress in March 2023, change at the federal level has been painfully slow, nurses’ advocates say.

That has forced some states to act on their own. In Oregon, a law establishing a nurse-patient ratio is set to go online in June. Further ratio reductions, along with fines for violating organizations, are expected to take effect in 2025 and 2026.

California has a staffing mandate in place for 20 years that, studies suggest, has helped reduce mortality rates among patients while lowering burnout and job dissatisfaction rates among nurses.”

After Tristin Kate Smith died by su***de, her letter detailing her work struggles went viral, highlighting a broader crisis

02/24/2024

Have you added your name to support Safe Staffing yet? Do it right now! Link: https://shorturl.at/myBW3

02/24/2024

A coalition of prominent physicians and patient advocates has criticized the thoroughness of Mission Hospital’s federally approved plan to fix numerous failures documented in a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report and are demanding to know why the plan doesn’t mandate the hiring ...

02/21/2024

New York Nurses Union speaks out as poor nurse ratios at Albany Med endangers patients and leads to a failing safety grade for the hospital.

11/03/2023

A miracle has happened!

THANK YOU to the nurses that made this happen! I know it was not an easy accomplishment… great job to those that made it happen! American Nurses Association

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10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios span the West Coast as more states enact legislation. Learn more about the nurse staffing legislation being considered in Ohio,