Most people don't realize it, but hospitals today are typically understaffed.As the number of patients under a nurse's care increases, so does the chance of death for the patient.
The Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses recommends a med-surg nurse take up 4 patients.Today, nurses take care of up to 10 patients, and there is no legal limit, except in California.Staffing appropriately saves lives.
In New Mexico we are working for safe staffing levels statewide. House Bill 445 would:
Allow bedside care nurses to recommend how many patients they can reasonably manage
Mandate hospitals report publicly. Potential customers can
make informed decisions on where to go for care
Provide whistleblower protection
for nurses who report unsafe staffing
Sign our petition and support House Bill 445.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 27, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
February 22, 2013
17 Comments
Think this bill doesn't apply to you? There is a big difference between getting pain medication when you ask for it as opposed to when your nurse has time to get to it. Everyone should sign this petition because everyone is one major illness or accident away from being affected by nurse staffing levels.
Totally necessary to have a safe staffing bill in place, to make it mandatory and legal. With hospitals going towards profit and money saving tactics they are cutting staff causing poor nursing practices and poor patient safety.
Working Critical Care we really need this bill to pass. Taking care of 3 critically ill patients can be dangerous! Hope this does go through!!
I'm hoping that this bill extends to the long-term care facilities in NM as well as the hospitals. The risks are the same.
I totally agree with this and support it 100%, I was a hospital supervisor and had to staff the hospital and observed the nurse/patient ratio. I left the hospital setting after 17 years because I developed stressed induced asthma from trying to keep both the patients and nurses safe. It was more than I could handle. I saw the ratio shoot up and the patient quality care go down. Please pass this bill!
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I have long noticed how easily corporate owned hospitals seem to get around any safe staffing level discussions, let alone actually having safe staffing levels.
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Most people don't realize it, but hospitals today are typically understaffed.As the number of patients under a nurse's care increases, so does the chance of death for the patient.
The Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses recommends a med-surg nurse take up 4 patients.Today, nurses take care of up to 10 patients, and there is no legal limit, except in California.Staffing appropriately saves lives.
In New Mexico we are working for safe staffing levels statewide. House Bill 445 would:
Allow bedside care nurses to recommend how many patients they can reasonably manage
Mandate hospitals report publicly. Potential customers can
make informed decisions on where to go for care
Provide whistleblower protection
for nurses who report unsafe staffing
Sign our petition and support House Bill 445.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 27, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
February 22, 2013
17 Comments
I have long noticed how easily corporate owned hospitals seem to get around any safe staffing level discussions, let alone actually having safe staffing levels.
Think this bill doesn't apply to you? There is a big difference between getting pain medication when you ask for it as opposed to when your nurse has time to get to it. Everyone should sign this petition because everyone is one major illness or accident away from being affected by nurse staffing levels.
Totally necessary to have a safe staffing bill in place, to make it mandatory and legal. With hospitals going towards profit and money saving tactics they are cutting staff causing poor nursing practices and poor patient safety.
Working Critical Care we really need this bill to pass. Taking care of 3 critically ill patients can be dangerous! Hope this does go through!!
I'm hoping that this bill extends to the long-term care facilities in NM as well as the hospitals. The risks are the same.
I totally agree with this and support it 100%, I was a hospital supervisor and had to staff the hospital and observed the nurse/patient ratio. I left the hospital setting after 17 years because I developed stressed induced asthma from trying to keep both the patients and nurses safe. It was more than I could handle. I saw the ratio shoot up and the patient quality care go down. Please pass this bill!
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I have long noticed how easily corporate owned hospitals seem to get around any safe staffing level discussions, let alone actually having safe staffing levels.