Nurse Reform: a Logical "Practical" Solution to the Nursing Shortage

Nurses LPN/LVN

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Specializes in LTC, sub-acute, MDS.

ct nurses for reform http://www.ctnursereform.org

about usconnecticut nurses for reform would like to bring the ongoing debate regarding our country's nursing shortage and under utilization of licensed practical nurses to the general public. as health care advocates, we believe the public has a right to quality of care in our hospitals and nursing homes, and that means being cared for by licensed staff.

we want the public to be aware of how our legislators are addressing the nursing shortage, and how qualified licensed nurses, directly related to the restrictions imposed on us by our state scope of practices, are being replaced in the health care setting with unlicensed personnel. as the cost of health care for americans continues to sky-rocket, our country's hospitals and nursing homes are cutting costs by hiring more and more unlicensed personnel.

our goals are logical and straight-forward. to address our country's nursing shortage through legislation enabling the thousands of licensed practical nurses meet proposed new requirements to sit for boards and transition to registered nurse, and for our educators to create the criteria and certification to allow licensed nurses to practice at our full scope of practice.

the time has come for our legislators and educators to address the considerable resources of the already educated, experienced, and available, licensed practical nurse........... learn more @ http://www.ctnursereform.org

lpn's, please help us collect data by completing our survey @ http://www.ctnursereform.org and get your colleagues to also participate!

sign our petition, and forward it to all your colleagues, families and friends! @ http://www.petitiononline.com/lps2t/petition.html

"for we who nurse, our nursing is something which, unless we are making progress every year, every month, every week, we are going back. no system shall endure which does not march."

florence nightingale

lisa morell, lpn, rai-c

[email protected]

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