Texas Nurses push Legislature for changes , say patient ratios unsafe

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[color=#466084][color=#466084]nurses push legislature for changes , say patient ratios unsafe

[color=#466084]texas, like the rest of the nation, has an acute shortage of nurses, and though too few schools and teachers are part of the problem, the biggest reason is inadequate working conditions, mainly the high ratio of patients per nurse....

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

These are not all TEXAS nurses. Many are brought in from CA., and we all know how much their ratio law helped nursing there. NOT!!!!

Texas ALREADY has a law that is based on acuity, not numbers. People who want to sell union dues are banking on the ignorance of nurses who are not aware of what the law states.

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These are not all TEXAS nurses. Many are brought in from CA., and we all know how much their ratio law helped nursing there. NOT!!!!

Texas ALREADY has a law that is based on acuity, not numbers. People who want to sell union dues are banking on the ignorance of nurses who are not aware of what the law states.

you contend that the current law is working out and that TX nurses are content with conditions? this is all a CA union plot to gain members? fascinating...please, tell me more

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Specializes in ER, IICU, PCU, PACU, EMS.
...Texas ALREADY has a law that is based on acuity, not numbers.....

Could you post a link to that law for me? Seriously, my hospital breaks that rule on a daily basis.......

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If I'm not mistaken, most states have laws that are based on acuity but the problem is that alot of times the acuity levels reported aren't always accurate so you may have 6 patients with a reported acuity of 5, when thats actually not the case. I used to work in Ca. I know first hand that yes, some of these nurses are from California but its definately not to make for a better picture. These nurses are there to educate other nurses about the same laws that you are speaking of and how to empower themselves so that they may enforce them and provide better care to their patients. Working in California, if I was given more than my specified number of patients, it was within my rights to refuse the assignment until provisions were made to either get another nurse in there, or appropriately split up the assignment. Theres no way in heck they are allowing that in Il. even though the "acuity" laws are there. I think its more of an enforcement issue than a knowledge based issue. JMHO

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