State Sen. Dr. Saud Anwar, co-chair of the Public Health Committee, joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Monday to announce legislation that would "address unsafe staffing" by establishing "safe patient limits," or nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, among other protections.
This hour, we discuss the proposal with Sen. Anwar, as well as the "patient care crisis" in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ and renewed efforts to address it. AFT, a union representing many healthcare workers in our state, recently released the , finding that the "corporatization of healthcare with profit motives has created systematic underinvestment in healthcare workers’ safety and wellbeing."
Paul Banach has been working with CT Nurses United, a grassroots group of non-union nurses that recently formed to push for change. Through , the group relays mostly-anonymous testimonials from nurses and health care workers where we live.
CT Nurses United held a rally at the Capitol at the start of legislative session. Banach joins us to discuss.
Plus, we'll hear recommendations from the with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and from the Windham Federation of Professional Nurses, AFT Local 5041, after they negotiated a ban on mandatory overtime.
GUESTS:
- Dr. Saud Anwar: Democratic State Senator; Co-Chair, Public Health Committee
- Vicki Good: RN; Former President, ; Member, National Nurse Staffing Think Tank
- Paul Banach: RN; Member,
- Andrea Riley: RN; President, Windham Federation of Professional Nurses,
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