Patient Safety is Our Number One Priority
The Patient Safety Act will dramatically improve patient safety in Massachusetts hospitals by setting a safe maximum limit on the number of patients assigned to a nurse at one time, while providing flexibility to hospitals to adjust nurses’ patient assignments based on specific patient needs.
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Thompson: Vote yes in November to ensure safe nurse/patient limits
Leominster Champion:
To the Editor:
I’m writing to reach my neighbors regarding the Patient Safety Act, as both a concerned registered nurse and a proud Leominster resident. The proposed ballot initiative would place safe limits on the amount of patients assigned to a nurse at one time.
Nurses Safe Staffing Rally – June 18th, 2018 (Video)
Worcester News Tonight: Cam Jandrow reports- Massachusetts nurses gather downtown to spread awareness about safe staffing levels.
Nurse staffing ballot question survives court
Lowell Sun: The initiative petition seeking to impose limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned to care for at a time can go to voters on the November ballot, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday.
Nurse Staffing Ratio Limits Ballot Question, In Favor (Video)
WGBY: This November, voters will choose whether to set nurse staffing ratio limits in Massachusetts hospitals. The Safe Patients Limits Ballot Imitative would limit the number of patients nurses can care for in hospitals, and proponents of the measure say it will ensure better care for patients.
Cape Cod Area Nurses and Advocates Endorse Patient Safety Act In Barnstable
CapeCod.com: The Committee to Ensure Safe Patient Care delivered approximately 400 signatures to the Barnstable Town Hall yesterday in support of a law relative to patient safety and hospital transparency.
