NursesTakeDC

NursesTakeDC specializes in Safe Staffing Advocate/Group.

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   Covid 2021 Survey: How is your staffing determined and do you feel it is safe? Do you experience moral distress?

   NursesTakeDC replied to NursesTakeDC's topic in COVID

   Thank you to everyone commenting and taking the survey. Please share with your colleagues.
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   Covid 2021 Survey: How is your staffing determined and do you feel it is safe? Do you experience moral distress?

   NursesTakeDC posted a topic in COVID

   A National Nursing Survey: In a time of Covid 2021 SURVEY: How is your staffing determined and do you feel it is safe? Do you experience moral distress? This is a study on hospitals and other facility staffing methods. It will assess for any...
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   Nurses: When Will You Take Action for Safe Staffing?

   NursesTakeDC posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nurses comment every day on social media about staffing issues. I just wish they'd take it one step further. Words matter—but action is your true power. Action—as in organizing to educate yourselves. Action— as in showing up to a 2-day ev...
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   How many more decades?!?

   NursesTakeDC posted a topic in General Nursing

   How many more decades must we continue this fight for safe nurse to patient ratio staffing?!?! Remember the “mandated ratio” legislation INCLUDES patient acuity and nurse skill mix adjustment. #SafePatientLimits indeed saves lives. “Nightingale rigo...
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   Witchcraft Resurgence

   NursesTakeDC replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

   There seems to be a lot that you don’t know. Please lose the judgement before you get educated for any healthcare position you get.
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   Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

   NursesTakeDC replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   This was originally written on the Yes article, we feel it warrants to be placed here especially. Not one analytical study of staffing committees shows that the method promoted by the ANA is effective at improving patient outcomes or nurse staffing....
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   Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

   NursesTakeDC replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Safe staffing legislation is not just because nurses feel their job is too hard. A copious amount of research indeed shows that patient outcomes are related to the nurse-to-patient ratio. Readmissions, mortality, failure to rescue, infections, falls,...
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   Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

   NursesTakeDC replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN... comparing the two is absolutely absurd and the acceptance of things that can and should be better as ok is what hurts patients. Studies show poor outcomes to patients from poor staffing. For anyone to defend the current unsafe staffing condit...
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   Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

   NursesTakeDC replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Staffing laws are need because of people like you. I am sincerely happy that you have never had more than 2 patients in an ICU... many hospitals across the US are brainwashing their nurses that 3 patients are the new normal. And I mean 3 really sick,...
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    Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    NursesTakeDC replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Not one analytical study of staffing committees shows that the method promoted by the ANA is effective at improving patient outcomes or nurse staffing. Which you do note in a paragraph above, thank you, but readers need to really understand the gravi...
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    Over 70% of Nurse Staff Turnover is Due to Bad Leadership

    NursesTakeDC replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to see actual researched data to confirm that claim. Not just a leadership class work book.
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    NursesTakeDC replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    He is ? correct. Even if you are lucky enough to work some place that has good staffing, there is no reason you should not be advocating for it in all hospitals. Seeing the apathy of our profession on this for the past 4 years has been discouraging ...
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    Safe Staffing Survey Results

    NursesTakeDC posted a topic in Headlines

    See results from the survey we did this past October 2018. Thank you to allnurses for your support, and for assisting us to reach the nurses who responded to the survey. Link to the complete article is below. "Results from an October 2018 national s...
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    ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NursesTakeDC replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, it is not our position to question her decision making on that day. If she felt it was unsafe then it was. She is not a new nurse who lacks critical thinking. Us accepting these occurrences is what is allowing admins to make 1:3 in ICU a no...
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    Develop a relationship with your legislators

    NursesTakeDC posted a topic in Activism

    Your goal... contact your legislators once a month for one of two things. Develop a relationship with them. 1. If they are already sponsor/co-sponsors: Thank them for supporting S 1357 and HR 2581. We want to keep them reminded at the importance of...