Opinion Nurses Deserve Better So Do Their Patients R Health The so called nurse shortage has become an excuse for not doing more to make health care safe, effective and patient centered. state legislators must do their job. Hospitals, nursing homes, and schools in america are understaffed with nurses. in an invited commentary for the new york times, linda aiken phd rn faan frcn, professor of nursing and founding director of the center for health outcomes and policy research, explains why, and how to fix the problem.
How Nurses Can Better Advocate For Their Patients Caregiver Support Linda aiken, a university of pennsylvania school of nursing professor and the preeminent researcher on nursing care and the impact of working conditions and patient assignment levels on the quality of care, writes in the new york times today about the strengths and weakness of our healthcare system being exposed during the pandemic — and the. The so called nurse shortage has become an excuse for not doing more to make health care safe, effective and patient centered. state legislators must do their job. The more than 1,140 u.s. nurses who lost their lives in the first year of the pandemic knew the risks to themselves and their families. full story. Aiken, linda h. "nurses deserve better. so do their patients." the new york times, the new york times, 12 aug. 2021, nytimes 2021 08 12 opinion nurses understaffing covid .
How Nurses Can Inspire Their Patients To Take Better Care Of Themselves The more than 1,140 u.s. nurses who lost their lives in the first year of the pandemic knew the risks to themselves and their families. full story. Aiken, linda h. "nurses deserve better. so do their patients." the new york times, the new york times, 12 aug. 2021, nytimes 2021 08 12 opinion nurses understaffing covid . In an august 2021 opinion article for the new york times, “nurses deserve better. so do their patients,“ linda aiken, ph.d., r.n., highlighted some of the challenges the profession faces. aiken noted that the united states actually had a “robust supply” of nurses. The essay nurses deserve better. so do their patients is right to note the “awesome” impact that nurses have within our health care system and in the battle against covid 19. the author sadly misses the point in her assessment of legislation on patient to nurse staffing ratios. More than 7,000 nurses at new york’s montefiore medical center and mt. sinai hospital walked off the job this week, arguing that staff shortages have led to burnout and the inability to properly. The #pandemic taught us the public deserves better #healthcare. check out this recent article in the new york times by our founding member linda aiken.
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