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To stem burnout, the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act would require all Minnesota hospitals create staffing committees for each unit of a hospital. These committees would be made up of direct patient care staff, and would set upper limits on patients allowed per nurse. The decisions would be binding.
A recent report documents poor working conditions in hospitals as private health care providers’ profits soar.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Nurses Association is pleased the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act is included in the House omnibus health bill. MNA ...
A new Minnesota Nurses Association report calls for solutions to staffing shortages at various hospitals statewide.
From the editorial: "Legislation has been introduced ... to improve the recruiting and retaining of nurses and police officers. With both crime and the pandemic refusing to let us sleep at night, successfully bolstering both professions is something Minnesotans can find easy to get behind."