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PHILADELPHIA (March 3, 2021) - According to a new study published in
Medical Care, improving hospital nurse staffing as proposed in pending legislation in New York state would likely save lives. The cost of improving nurse staffing would be offset by savings achieved by reducing hospital readmissions and length of hospital stays.
Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, conducted independent research in early 2020 on whether pending nurse staffing legislation in New York state is in the public s interest. The study of 116 hospitals and 418,000 Medicare patients documented large differences in patient-to-nurse ratios by hospital from an average of 4.3 patients for each nurse to as many as 10.5 patients per nurse. The wide variation in patient-to-nurse ratios across hospitals in New York is contributing to avoidable deaths and unnecessary costs.
Point & counterpoint | Vaccine priorities: Jonathan J. Bean - Racial priority is not social justice
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The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to claim still another victim: Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a colorblind society. That would add to the tragedy.
During this terrible pandemic, politicians have invoked the authority of “experts” to justify their policies. “Science,” we are told, tells us to wear masks, wash our hands, socially distance, quarantine the infected, avoid large gatherings and take other measures. Most Americans comply because the goal is to save lives, particularly of the vulnerable elderly.
Meanwhile, 2020 also was the year of “anti-racism” or, more accurately, a brand of obsessive race-think that contrasts sharply with Dr. King’s dream.
Despite calls for unity, President Biden and congressional Democrats have unfurled a long to-do list that contains far-reaching, radical proposals. Congressional Republicans lack the institutional powers to do much to constrain them. But state attorneys general can still act as protectors of our constitutional liberties. Let’s hope they are up to the challenge.