Enact Better Nurse Staffing Ratios & Train More Nurses

I am your constituent and I just learned that the work environment for nurses in the US is not safe. Their number of workplace injuries has skyrocketed up almost 300% in the last year, the number of patients they are responsible for is so large that they cannot provide adequate care. When comparing states that have maximum nurse to patient ratios to those that do not it was found that the number of deaths in hospital surgery units could be dropped by 13% (California to New Jersey Comparison - see L. Aiken, et al in Health Services Research. 2010; 45(4): 904-21, 917). Moreover, when safe staffing levels were implemented in California, hospital expenditures for overtime and temporary staffing dropped and reduced costs. Let me remind you that the improved Medicare for All Act HR 3421, sets safe staffing levels for nurse to patient ratios. However, until you enact that bill, I want you to cosponsor and support S. 1113 / HR 2350 , The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023, that specifies safer staffing levels and while I have your attention I want you to cosponsor and support S.2840 - Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act that seeks to enable an additional 60,000 nurses to complete their training. We all deserve a healthcare system that works for all of us. That includes nurses and patients. Thank you.