Topics About 'Legislation'.

In 2018, TIna Suckow, a 49-year old nurse, was brutally beaten by a patient at a state mental facility in Iowa. Suckow had been employed there for over 4 years when the incident occurred. A "code red" alert was issued, and multiple staff members resp...

Legislation to set maximum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios is a hot topic these days. Currently, California is the only state to enforce a staffing ratio mandate. However, several other states have some sort of legislation in place regarding safe st...

Looking through my Facebook posts the other night, I noticed our friendly local pediatrician had posted a photo of herself in the protective garb associated with examining someone with measles. It looked a little like a space suit and reminded the vi...

The fight for safe patient staffing is being waged right now in Illinois. The Safe Patient Limits Act, HB 2604, which calls for safe nurse-patient ratios, will be voted on this week in Springfield, Illinois in the House of Representatives. The bill r...

Illinois Nurse Staffing SurveyCatherine Stokes BSN, RN, Jalil Johnson PhD, APRN, Ruth Neese PhD, RN, CEN, Doris Carroll BSN, RN-BC, CCRC, Pamela S. Robbins MSN, RN, Deena Sowa McCollum BSN, RN A national survey was completed from October 1, 2018- Oct...

Everyone Deserves the Best Care PossibleNurses are often put in impossible situations pushed to care for more patients than is safe. It is fair to say everyone deserves the best care possible. In order to ensure this, safe staffing for nurses and pat...

Nurses Celebrate Nurses across the state of Washington celebrated last week when House Bill 1155 passed, creating new break and overtime laws for nurses and other healthcare professionals across the state. You probably first heard about the bill ...

South Dakota’s House of Representatives approved a bill, on February 29th, that would criminalize physicians who treat transgender children with hormones and sex reassignment surgeries. The Vulnerable Child Protection Act will now be sent to the sta...

On Saturday, June 8th nurses, doctors, and medical students stood side-by-side to protest the American Medical Association's (AMA) annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA, which was founded in 1847, is a large, powerful, and wealthy lobbying group. Howeve...