In the news: Massachusetts nurses rally to support staffing bill
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, November 9, 2009
The Massachusetts Statehouse held a hearing on November 6 about a bill to limit the number of patients a hospital nurse can care for at one time, reports The Daily News (Newburyport, MA).
Members of The Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients gathered with nurses in support of the bill, dubbed The Patient Safety Act. The bill would require the same ratios for all hospitals, which proponents say would help patients receive safer care. The bill also bans the practice of mandatory overtime and includes initiatives to increase nursing faculty and nurse recruitment
Delia O'Conner, CEO of the Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH) in Newburyport, MA, does not support the bill. O'Conner says such "one size fits all" bills aren't right for all hospitals, and would cause AJH to make job cuts. She argues that she would have to hire more nurses for night shifts, and most likely cut aide and transporter positions, which are there to help nurses.
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