http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#76239 Acuity of the patient (how sick the patient is and how much nursing attention patient require )is very important when talking about nurse -patient ratio. not one size fit all.... 76239@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#64720 Far too much rhetoric from the foreigners who have difficulty with English and won't learn. Send them home, keep them out and train Americans who want to become nurses.... 64720@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#63182 First off there is never 30 patients to one nurse. There is at most 6 patients to 1 nurse in the hospitals in the Texas Medical Center. I just graduated a year ago and people may say that new graduates are incompetent but I disagree. Nursing school for one is highly stressful, not everyone can be a nurse. They place so many limitations on you that by the end of our class 75 people graduated out of 167. The best only graduate and it is not like you can take classes over and over. If you fail two classes (which failing is considered a 75 or below) then you are out of any nursing program for 5 years. Second of all the hospitals put new nurses with a preceptor for months to prepare them for the real world of nursing. Third, I feel that since I am a new graduate everything is fresh in my mind (didacticly and clinically)and I can honestly say that my thinking skills may be better than a nurse of 20 years. Fourth,continuing education every 2 years is a requirement to keep liscenure.... 63182@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#63183 communication is a big deal when it comes down to nursing. If there is a barrier in communication then how are you going to get an accurate history or let the patient know their plan of care.I am from Great Britian (Nottingham England)and happened to marry an American man. My sister went through the green card process. It is just what you have to do if you want to stay in this country. But I am strongly adamant about if foreign born and want to work in the hospitals in America learn proper english and stop pittying yourself.... 63183@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#61435 I think Mr. Obama should order greencards to all the working nurses waiting for greencards frm years,their families sufferring husband,kids can;t work or study. don't take anymore new foriegn nurses,prepare your own nurses in america... 61435@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#55860 don't advertise incentives/bonuses in forign papers,if you guys don't want foriegn nurses,they will not apply and neither we nurses suffer by coming here alone. pending green card nurses's kids can't get admission in college can't get driving license,is this america,or your justice for innocent hard working RNurses,shame on this,patient and forign nurses both suffering... 55860@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#55861 My co worker isunder pending I-485 Green card process ,her son denied admission in university and driver license.what kind of life these Nurses living HIGHLY STRESSFUL first americans wants foreign nurses than make them go through stress by bullying.... 55861@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#54275 It is true that there are thousands of RNs who choose not to work in hospital settings due to high patient ratios but even mandated nurse to patient ratios will NOT bring most of them back to the hospital setting. There is a shortage of nurses. T he majority of the current workforce are "Baby Boomers" who will retire over the next 10 years and will as we continue to age need nurses to care for the nurses. The job of the RN is far from basic and yes a 2 year college degree will get a nurse started but the education does not end when the NCLEX is passed. Nurses work under pressure everyday and the responsibility of up to 30 patients per nurse is dangerous for the patient and the nurse. Extreme patient care loads can and do contribute to errors that can cause harm to a patient. Pass this Bill you don't want that patient to be your child, wife, mother, father, brother or sister, do you?... 54275@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#52118 RN job is a very basic and even 2-year college training is enough. But if hospital let a RN to handle 30 patients in 8- or 12-hour, RN will need much more training and patient will be more dangerous. Any mistake made by RN under high pressure will hurt or kill patient immdiately. The best way to improve health care quality is lower the pressure of RN, lower the ratio of patient to nurse.... 52118@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html#51959 RNs quit bedside nursing in the US due to the high ratio of patients to nurses... not due to the pay levels. There is NO nurse shortage . . . just thousands of nurses who refuse to work under dangerous conditions caused by too many patients. Why should we, as taxpayers, pour millions into nursing schools that dump new, inexperienced nurses onto the market, when what is needed is mandated ratios? Mandated ratios alone will bring nurses back to the bedside to provide better care and safer conditions.... 51959@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_SN_54.html?rev=36232 <p>S. 54 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing minimum nurse staffing ratios at certain Medicare providers.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc1"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc2"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc3"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 36232@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_SN_54.html?rev=35715 <p>S. 54 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing minimum nurse staffing ratios at certain Medicare providers.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc5"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to update the status of the bill!)</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc6"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc7"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 35715@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_SN_54.html?rev=35716 <p>S. 54 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing minimum nurse staffing ratios at certain Medicare providers.</p> <h2 id="toc8"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc9"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc10"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc11"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 35716@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_54.html 1/6/2009: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 41981@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST