Show threadgkatzApr 27, 2023
It matters who your authors are. You can have an author who does the bare minimum and sells you out when it's convenient, or you can have champions who will go to the ends of the earth to pass the bill because it's the right thing to do. #KeepingNurses #MinnesotaNursesAssociation #SafeStaffingSavesLives #mnleg #SandraFeist #ErinMurphy
gkatzApr 12, 2023
#Minnesota #Nurses Fear for the Future of Healthcare, via @mnreformer. #MN #nurse #mnleg #KeepingNurses #1u https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/11/minnesotas-nurses-fear-for-the-future-of-health-care/
Minnesota's nurses fear for the future of health care - Minnesota Reformer

Taylor Daiello knew it was time to quit her job last year after she crashed into a car on her way home from work. She was coming off a 12-hour shift as a charge nurse, responsible for overseeing her department. She had left the hospital just before midnight. There were hardly any cars on the […]

Minnesota Reformer
gkatzApr 4, 2023
Nurses winning the optics game at the #MNLeg. The #KeepingNurses At the Bedside Act crossed another hurdle in the Senate this morning. #Minnesota #Nurses #MNA #SafeStaffing #SafeStaffingSavesLives #1u
gkatzMar 24, 2023
If you or a loved one has been in a #Minnesota #hospital lately, you know that nurses are being asked to do the impossible. Many are leaving the profession entirely, rather than continue working in #unsafe conditions for the patients and for themselves. Please take this quick action to support them. #KeepingNurses #Nurses #mnleg https://mnnurses.org/tell-your-legislator-to-pass-the-keeping-nurses-at-the-bedside-act/?fbclid=IwAR160mpjeQl7dxx3wFVsa7T6oLwGBNglq7Az6qyvpQrem_Q3tnzWczx7-nU
Tell Your Legislator to Pass the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act - Minnesota Nurses Association

Email your legislators now and urge them to pass the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act to solve the short staffing, retention and care crisis in Minnesota hospitals.

Minnesota Nurses Association
gkatzMar 8, 2023
#Minnesota #hospital #staffing legislation gets attention amid #nurse shortages, care delays
Worsening staffing, safety problems in hospitals draw lawmaker concerns, but differences over solutions. #KeepingNurses #MinnesotaNurses #1u https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-hospital-staffing-legislation-gets-attention-amid-nurse-shortages-patient-care-delays/600257211/
Minnesota hospital staffing legislation gets attention amid nurse shortages, care delays

Worsening staffing, safety problems in hospitals draw lawmaker concerns, but differences over solutions.

Star Tribune
gkatzFeb 14, 2023
“State Sen. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, is lead author of a bill that would require hospitals to set up staffing committees to create sufficient nurse-patient staffing levels, eliminate the boarding of patients in ERs, and publicly report their performance against staffing benchmarks.” #KeepingNurses #MNNurses #Nurse #Staffing #Minnesota https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-hospitals-patients-ready-for-discharge-nowhere-to-go-nurse-staffing-nursing-homes/600251328
Ready to be discharged, Minnesota hospital patients have nowhere to go

Insufficient number of skilled nursing home facilities and at-home caregivers leads to overcrowded hospitals.

Star Tribune