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Public Backs MNA's Safe Staffing Bill 3-1 Over MHA Legislation
Citizens View Understaffing of Registered Nurses as a Problem That Requires Urgent Attention by Massachusetts State Legislators
CANTON, Mass.—With health care quality front-and-center in public debate, over three-quarters (76%) of Massachusetts citizens support legislation that would set minimum safe RN-to-patient ratios, according to a statewide survey conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corporation (ODC) of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The February 16-20, 2005 survey found that the public believes the quality of care in Massachusetts hospitals is suffering due to nurses being forced to care for too many patients at once. Now that the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) has joined the MNA in acknowledging the need for patient safety measures, the primary issue before the Legislature is how best to solve this problem.
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