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In a significant move for healthcare in Nevada, registered nurses represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) are celebrating the advancement of a critical safe-staffing ratios bill, SB 182. The legislation, championed by Nevada State Senator Rochelle Nguyen, seeks to set maximum legal limits on nurse-to-patient ratios within hospital units, a move poised to transform patient care and working conditions for nurses across the state.
Currently progressing from the Nevada State Senate to the Nevada Assembly, this bill aims to create accountability for hospital employers, ensuring that nurses, patients, and all healthcare workers are not subjected to unsafe working environments. This legislative effort is part of a broader alliance between NNOC/NNU and other healthcare worker unions in Nevada.
Carrie Hulka, a labor and delivery RN in Las Vegas, expressed optimism about the bill's potential impact: "This is the farthest a nurse-to-patient ratios bill has made it in Nevada, which is encouraging for nurses across the state. We look forward to the Nevada Assembly taking up the legislation and hope they’ll see it as an essential step to make Nevada a better place for patient care."
This initiative mirrors similar successful legislation in California over 20 years ago, which has been shown to improve patient outcomes and enhance working conditions for healthcare professionals. As Nevada nurses champion for these much-needed changes, National Nurses United also backs a federal ratios bill recently reintroduced to the U.S. Congress.
For more information on this pressing issue and the continuing efforts of NNOC/NNU, visit the National Nurses United press release [here](Source).
Nevada Nurses Celebrate Major Milestone in Safe-Staffing Ratios Legislation
In a significant move for healthcare in Nevada, registered nurses represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) are celebrating the advancement of a critical safe-staffing ratios bill, SB 182. The legislation, championed by Nevada State Senator Rochelle Nguyen, seeks to set maximum legal limits on nurse-to-patient ratios within hospital units, a move poised to transform patient care and working conditions for nurses across the state.
Currently progressing from the Nevada State Senate to the Nevada Assembly, this bill aims to create accountability for hospital employers, ensuring that nurses, patients, and all healthcare workers are not subjected to unsafe working environments. This legislative effort is part of a broader alliance between NNOC/NNU and other healthcare worker unions in Nevada.
Carrie Hulka, a labor and delivery RN in Las Vegas, expressed optimism about the bill's potential impact: "This is the farthest a nurse-to-patient ratios bill has made it in Nevada, which is encouraging for nurses across the state. We look forward to the Nevada Assembly taking up the legislation and hope they’ll see it as an essential step to make Nevada a better place for patient care."
This initiative mirrors similar successful legislation in California over 20 years ago, which has been shown to improve patient outcomes and enhance working conditions for healthcare professionals. As Nevada nurses champion for these much-needed changes, National Nurses United also backs a federal ratios bill recently reintroduced to the U.S. Congress.
For more information on this pressing issue and the continuing efforts of NNOC/NNU, visit the National Nurses United press release [here](Source).