Nurses

Massachusetts voters yesterday rejected a proposal to mandate nurse staffing ratios at Massachusetts hospitals and health clinics.
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The AHA鈥檚 American Organization of Nurse Executives yesterday thanked a New England nurse leadership group for 鈥渁dvocating unrelentingly for patients, nurses and our health system鈥 to defeat Question 1 on the Massachusetts ballot initiative.
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On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners 鈥 including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers 鈥 and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership鈥
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Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: off-duty nurse saves choking woman during dinner, and another nurse works day and night to help those affected by Hurricane Florence.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: nurse rescues man who collapsed at church, and how nurses can keep their CPR skills sharp.