MICHIGAN: Safe Patient Care

I'm not sure what is happening with the legislation. I haven't heard anything for a few months. I know in my former facility's nursing newsletter, one of the supervisors made a big to-do about it, saying that it was bad for business. That's all that facility cares about..any michigan nurse would know what hospital this is because all you hear on the radio is "do you have (insert hospital) doctor?"....I'm so glad I quit that place. Five years of my time was too long and they did not appreciate the nurses there. They made all the staff go to this huge mandatory meeting about making the doctor's happy so they will bring their patients to the hospital. Many of the docs there were very rude and made you afraid to call them during the night if your patient needed something. So glad I went to a different health system.

Oh No! The industry legislation is in Michighan too! This is NOT a ratio bill! I repeat THIS IS NOT A RATIO BILL.

This staffing plan legislation is a collusion between the state hospital associations and the ANA state affiliates. It has been passed in other states and has changed nothing. This is how the bill ios designed- It is made to seem as though it is a "step in the right direction" and "gives nurses a seat at the table" but in reality it simply codifies the status quo.

I am not sure if Michighan includes fiscal analysis with their bill- if they do READ IT. I am willing to bet there is not one dollar set aside for increased nurse staffing.

There are so many things wrong with it I could write for an hour.

Please, if you believe you need RATIOs (and you do!) go to www.calnurses.org/nnoc

This is organization and Massachusetts Nurses are the ONLY organizations introducing ratio bills.

Read this and you will see the difference:

http://www.calnurses.org/assets/pdf/...os_booklet.pdf