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October 10, 1999
Governor Signs Safe Hospital Staffing Law
Nurses:
'First in Nation Act Will Save Patient Lives':
"The California Nurses Association today hailed the signing of landmark legislation that will make California the first state in the nation to require safe hospital staffing, and pledged to begin work immediately to implement the new law. Gov. Gray Davis Sunday signed AB 394, a bill authored by Assemblymember Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and sponsored by CNA.
http://www.calnurse.org/cna/press/101099.html
http://www.cc.nih.gov/nursing/assignnc.html
Bill Aims To Boost Staffing Of Nurses: Hospital Group Says Measure Not Answer:"The Safe Nursing Care Bill, by Sen. Dede Alpert, D-Coronado, would require the state to set minimum nurse-patient ratios and prohibit unlicensed hospital workers from performing a nurse's job. The bill faces powerful opposition from hospitals and executive-level nurses, who fear new regulations would deprive them of staffing flexibility, especially during a nursing shortage."
http://califnurses.org/cna/news/sac9898.html
Dignity- Staffing Report:"There is a staffing crisis in nursing homes and it is getting worse. Short staffing lowers the quality care for residents, creates a hazardous environment for workers and leads to Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) turnover rates greater than 100%. Several trends exacerbate this problem. Acuity levels have increased in nursing homes but staffing levels have not kept up."
http://www.seiu.org/nursing/dignity/staff.html
IOM Study on Nurse Staffing Falls Short Says ANA:"WASHINGTON, DC - - Today's release of a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on nurse staffing is "a step in the right direction, yet many of its recommendations fall short because they lack a sense of urgency in addressing critical issues that affect the quality of care that consumers receive," said a spokesman for the American Nurses Association (ANA)."
http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/1996/iom.htm
Patient Advocates Speak out about Unsafe Care and Whistle-blowing Retribution:"WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 1997 -- The care provided in hospitals today is deteriorating, often due to cutbacks in the numbers of registered nurses (RNs) and the increased use of unlicensed personnel for patient care, and RNs who report harmful staffing decisions are often ignored or terminated, according to announcements yesterday by the American Nurses Association (ANA)."
http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1997/may6.htm
Want to see Improved Hospital Staffing: Tell Governor Wilson to Sign AB 695, the CNA Safe Staffing Bill:"California RNs have an historic opportunity to improve the quality of care our patients receive -- by getting California Governor Pete Wilson to sign AB 695 into law. As AB 695 has moved through the legislature, the patient care crisis has worsened. A recent report shows California near rock bottom and far below the national average in ratios of registered nurses to patient population. At the same time net income (profits) for hospitals in California totaled $1.9 billion in 1997. Given the increasing patient loads, deteriorating working conditions, and short-staffing, RNs are leaving the profession."
http://califnurses.org/cna/np/ab695.html
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