Patient Protection and Safe Staffing
Safe Staffing Saves Lives
Understaffing is driving our healthcare system to the brink of collapse. That is why HPAE members are pushing for the passage of laws mandating enforceable safe staffing ratios.
The problem is clear – frontline healthcare workers continue to migrate out of bedside nursing at an alarming rate because of untenable working conditions. Driven in large part by working shorthanded, this unsafe work environment has led to tremendous burnout in the profession as many more leave healthcare due to stress. And when healthcare workers suffer – the unavoidable result is patient care suffers.
In study after study, short staffing has been shown to compromise patient care and safety, as well as nurse safety. Every healthcare worker and every patient are feeling the pain of short staffing, while healthcare corporations continue to profit.
Contact: Bridget Devane | bdevane@hpae.org