Statement from nursing groups on the 87th legislative session
Share this:
Texas faces the second worst nursing shortage in the country and ranks 51st nationally in health care access and affordability. After one of the most harrowing years in modern health care history, nurses across Texas were exceedingly hopeful that lawmakers would prioritize health care and pass policies and reforms to support patients, support nurses and improve our working conditions. Instead, the 87th Legislative Session proved a staggering disappointment.
After a year spent frequently and emphatically extolling the importance of nurses on the front lines of the pandemic, lawmakers failed to address urgent issues that have made it harder for nurses to provide care and for Texans to access care.
ATLANTA – Rose L. Horton came to the Atlanta for what was supposed to be a three-month interim job. Instead, she’s stayed five years and found her life’s work.
As executive director of Women and Infant Services at Emory Decatur Hospital, Horton, RN, has made it her mission to combat maternal mortality and morbidity. Her use of a simple hashtag, #notonmywatch, has helped draw attention to a health crisis underscored by a deep racial divide. In the United States, statistics show, Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Her work has received national attention, and Horton has been tapped by the Biden administration to participate in the Black Maternal Health Stakeholder Group, which will help guide the administration’s work in this area. The stakeholder group is part of a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the March of Dimes. Their focus: hospital-based qual
National Nurses Week 2020: Freebies, Deals and Discounts gobankingrates.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gobankingrates.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.