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Old Jun 03, 2008, 02:00 PM
forrester (Male)
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Re: Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

Originally Posted by mdfog10 View Post
our brothers and sisters in the big state of Texas have arrived to the party!! we would love to have you also. What a great day that will be!
We sure need it.
I'm not holding my breath though

As usual, we'll wait until the other 49 states do it and then take another 3 years to join

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Old Jun 08, 2008, 10:28 AM
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Re: Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

One of the things people need to be aware of is that not all "safe staffing" legislation is created equal. It's a lot like the debate on "universal healthcare". When I talk about univeral care I mean a program that provides everyone with real access to care from a single program. Other people have co-opted the term to mean "requiring everyone to buy private insurance"
The healthcare industry, with the help of the ANA and some of the state associations, has tried to push "safe staffing" legislation that does things like requires hospitals to have acuity systems and requires them to issue reports on what their staffing levels are, but don't set any real minimum levels. California had law like that for years and the hospitals always managed to game the system to staff by the budget. That's why we were forced to pass the ratio law.
Always remember the devil is in the details. And wherever there is an effort to pass a real ratio law, the industry always comes up with one of these fake plans to oppose it. The Mass nurses are pushing the real thing, so the industry has come up with a fake. Same in Texas, same in Ohio.

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 02:58 AM
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Re: Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

So has this bill moved to the Senate yet? Any update? I find this topic very interesting and I hope the bill pushes all the way through!

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Old Aug 19, 2008, 10:48 PM
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Re: Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

Originally Posted by studentnurse10 View Post
So has this bill moved to the Senate yet? Any update? I find this topic very interesting and I hope the bill pushes all the way through!
I don't have details, but I believe the industry succeeded in watering the bill down in Senate committee to the point that it is nowhere near what the MNA had hoped to achieve. Anyone know more?

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