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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