[marie-francoise]

Just a reminder that you can submit the following letter on safe staffing to the ANA, who will then send it to your Congress people. It's really easy - you can even modify the letter if you like.

http://www.safestaffingsaveslives.org/default.aspx

This is an important issue, and affects all of us.

Although many nurses know that understaffing is fueling the nursing shortage and causing nurses to leave the field, our legislators also need to know.

[ShellsNYrn]

Thanks for this link - I'm sending a letter. You're absolutely right, it is an impt issue and it does affect us all.

[marie-francoise]

Originally Posted by ShellsNYrn

Thanks for this link - I'm sending a letter. You're absolutely right, it is an impt issue and it does affect us all.

You're welcome. But true thanks goes to BrokenRNheart for introducing this link to this forum.

[marie-francoise]

Originally Posted by ShellsNYrn

Thanks for this link - I'm sending a letter. You're absolutely right, it is an impt issue and it does affect us all.

P.S. Thanks for sending the letter!

[marie-francoise]

Has anyone else sent in this letter to ANA/Congress re: safe staffing, or is planning to?

http://www.safestaffingsaveslives.org/default.aspx

[sshannon]

Done and sent! Thanks for the link and the heads up.

[marie-francoise]

Anyone else?

This offers some way to try to improve things...

[BrokenRNheart]

Thanks for participating

[marie-francoise]

Originally Posted by BrokenRNheart

Thanks for participating

Thanks. Although I'm a bit surprised that others on this board haven't responded. This affects all nurses, and all patients - all of us.

This is such a simple way to try to make a difference in nursing working conditions, is sponsored by the ANA itself, and potentially can have an impact on Congressinal opinion, and....

...THE SILENCE HERE HAS BEEN DEAFENING.

If we can't even hit "submit" on this pre-made letter to the ANA/Congress, how the heck are nurses going to improve their own working conditions?

If this is a barometer of how galvanized nurses are to change their own working conditions, it doesn't bode well.

This may not propose the best solution (I myself don't think that individual units/hospitals can be trusted to really staff safely, but that set ratios should be broadly applied across general categories of work settings). BUT, it's a START, at the very, very least.

[madwife2002]

I have sent letter thanks for infor