Nurses, hospitals find themselves in opposition on staffing-level bill
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015
A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton.
State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge), chair of the Senate health committee, sponsored S1183 and convened the 1 p.m. hearing before his committee.
The bill would require one registered professional nurse for every six patients on a medical/surgical unit for the first year after the regulations are adopted, and one nurse for every five patients thereafter. And it would set specific nurse/patient ratios in a number of clinical areas, such a trauma units, surgery and maternity.
“New Jersey laws and regulations governing patient safety have failed to keep pace with changing technology, nurse practice and the health care needs of our patients,” Ann Twomey, President of HPAE, representing 12,000 nurses and health care workers, said in a statement.