From KEYE, January 14, 2009...
Healthcare will take center stage at the capitol on Wednesday morning.
The goal of new legislation being filed is to staff more nurses at hospitals so they aren't overworked and can take better care of patients.
Proponents of nurse-to-patient staffing ratios say they will introduce the Texas Hospital Patient Protection Act of 2009 at a press conference on Wednesday morning. The bill would establish minimum staffing levels.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Texas bills designed to improve nursing shortage
From KEYE, January 14, 2009...
Texas is facing a critical nursing shortage, and some say it's putting patients in jeopardy. Now some state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trying to stop the problem before it gets worse.
Nurses at University Medical Center at Brackenridge in Downtown Austin say their hospital has managed to avoid real problems.
But CBS 42 is told some hospitals are turning more and more to nursing assistants because they just don't have enough registered nurses. Wednesday some lawmakers filed legislation they hope will put more nurses at patients' besides.
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Texas is facing a critical nursing shortage, and some say it's putting patients in jeopardy. Now some state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trying to stop the problem before it gets worse.
Nurses at University Medical Center at Brackenridge in Downtown Austin say their hospital has managed to avoid real problems.
But CBS 42 is told some hospitals are turning more and more to nursing assistants because they just don't have enough registered nurses. Wednesday some lawmakers filed legislation they hope will put more nurses at patients' besides.
Read more...
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