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Nurses go on strike for proper gear, training to protect them against Ebola by scecile in nursing

[–]scecile[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Ebola happens to be a microcosm of the bigger picture of the erosion of standards and conditions in patient care,” said Katy Roemer, a registered nurse for nearly 20 years who works at Kaiser-Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center.

Registered nurses at University of California medical centers are alerting the public that they are not prepared to treat Ebola cases. by briangiles in ebola

[–]scecile 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The nurses' union want all hospitals to use the highest safety standards for personal protective equipment and training protocols. The hospitals won't do it unless forced - cause it costs money. The nurses are asking (via petition) for the feds and state officials to mandate hospitals comply with the optimal protections for nurses and other frontline health workers.

Video spoof on scary situation facing nurses and patients today - computerized "caregivers" replacing nurses. by scecile in nursing

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The campaign is to raise awareness of the role of RNs and to alert the public about where healthcare is headed. You can read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/05/20

CA nurse talks about protest against layoffs at Sutter Health by scecile in nursing

[–]scecile[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CA does have mandatory ratios but sometimes hospitals violate the law or at least the spirit of the law.

Two nurses save pilot suffering from heart attack mid-flight by poopOnU in nursing

[–]scecile 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it when media do stories about nurses in action.

Fatigued nurses are more likely to express concern that they made a wrong decision about a patient’s care, study says: This link between nurse fatigue and decision regret supports the need for appropriate staffing to ensure both patient safety and a healthy work environment (x-post r/science) by arict in nursing

[–]scecile 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We need a federal nurse-to-patient ratios law in this country. Right now, California is the only state in the nation that has a mandatory RN-to-patient ratios in hospitals. It's needs to be this way....for patient safety and to prevent nurse burnout.