In the news: Nurse staffing levels may be coming to Massachusetts hospitals
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, June 2, 2008
Nurses are ecstatic about it. Many business groups are furious about it. But love it or hate it, the reality is that the Massachusetts House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill last week that would direct the state Department of Public Health to establish nursing staff levels in hospitals.
The House voted 115-35, siding with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and nurses who are increasingly burnt out from heavy patient loads and long hours. Groups such as the Massachusetts Hospital Association fear that the legislation will be too costly and will take away the flexibility individual facilities need to meet the needs of patients.
The bill, which would also establish a nursing advisory board and a trust fund for scholarships for nursing students, is now off to the state senate. It's the second time the bill has gone to the Senate in the last two years. It died there in 2006.
Sources: Worcester Business Journal and The Republican
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