How do the nurse's feel about question 1
Depending on your personal and family interactions with the hospital systems, you may have some strong feelings about question one on this years upcoming vote here in Massachusetts. A few different media outlets have reported that the nurses in the field seem to be split on the way the vote should go. As someone who has been out talking to the nurses on the front line, I say this split is not so wide as may be portrayed.
Most nurses say they vote YES!
What is question 1?
Question one has to do with nurses to patient limits in hospitals. At the moment only the ever changing policies of the hospital administrators can dictate how many patients a nurse can care for. The problem is that while most the time this may work for both patients benefit and nurses stress level, sometimes priorities shift and the idea of what a correct nurse to patient limit is becomes fluid based on overtime pay, scheduling needs and hiring managers situation. The patients care while important, sometimes feels as though it is not the number one priority.
All the nurses so far, and those with nurses in the field, feel that it only makes sense to only vote yes on question one. While the question does not yet say what type of limits will be enforced, it does open the dialog for policy to be made across the state for a set standard.
Most nurses say they vote YES!
What is question 1?
Question one has to do with nurses to patient limits in hospitals. At the moment only the ever changing policies of the hospital administrators can dictate how many patients a nurse can care for. The problem is that while most the time this may work for both patients benefit and nurses stress level, sometimes priorities shift and the idea of what a correct nurse to patient limit is becomes fluid based on overtime pay, scheduling needs and hiring managers situation. The patients care while important, sometimes feels as though it is not the number one priority.
All the nurses so far, and those with nurses in the field, feel that it only makes sense to only vote yes on question one. While the question does not yet say what type of limits will be enforced, it does open the dialog for policy to be made across the state for a set standard.
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