Daily News: Safe Handling Legislation Introduced
Saturday June 27, 2009
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The American Nurses Association supports this legislation, which “would help improve patient safety and protect registered nurses and other healthcare workers from debilitating injuries that could force them from their professions,” the association states.
“Considering the critical need to address the current nursing shortage and ensure patient safety, ANA believes it is time to put safe patient handling and movement practices into law instead of relying only on voluntary guidelines,” said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, RN, MSN, CNOR, in a news release.
“With the emphasis on action this year to improve the quality of healthcare, expand access and control costs, we can no longer afford the loss of an estimated 12% of registered nurses each year who can’t continue performing the physical requirements of the job because of back injuries and who subsequently leave bedside nursing,” Patton said.
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