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The Ballot question that has been the stir of controversy and heated disputes between friends, families, and coworkers has been overwhelmingly voted against in the polls. When the "Safe patient limit's," question hit the ticket to be an issue to vote on nurses flocked the streets, news outlets, and social media sites to spread the word that they felt the public was not being adequately cared for in hospitals. Administrators and the other health groups fought back arguing that setting patient limits on nurses would actually do more harm than good and that there needs to be other ways to promote safety in hospitals. The argument has been deeper than this but after a strong fight from both sides of the ballot question, Massachusetts has decided with a resounding NO on question 1 vote. With over 1 million voters, over 70% of them voted NO to defeat the question 1 ballot initiative. Also on the ballot was the question of Election spending commissions, as question 2. This...

This November, the number one question on Massachusetts ballots is the Nurse-Patient Assignment Limits Initiative. This is the most controversial question of the three posed to Massachusetts residents and it can be assumed the vote will be a YES vote. From the very beginning this has been an actively dividing hot button topic between all workers involved with healthcare across the state. Big money has been spent trying to get this question front and center and force you to be anything but ignorant on this question. So what exactly is Question 1? what exactly is Question 1? Question 1 is about setting patient limits on nurses who work in hospitals. A vote in favor, "YES," for question one would be for having a set number or patients each nurse can have in their care at hospitals. A vote of "NO," would allow only hospitals to determine how many patients a nurse can care for at any time regardless of the level of care that each patient needs. On the surface ...