Hundreds of nurses rallied at the state Capitol today. They wanted to urge lawmakers to pass legislation they say would fix understaffing at hospitals.
The nurses are making their presence known before legislation is even introduced.
Democrats Senator Rebekah Warren and Representative Jon Hoadley are currently working on a Safe Patient Care Act – though a similar version failed to pass last session.
Alicia Flores has been a nurse for 9 years. She says this type of regulation increases patient care.
“It impacts the care that they get, they don’t get as much care. And they deserve that care and we want to fight to make sure that they get the care that they deserve.”
The nurses want regulations reducing the number of patients they are allowed to take care of, limits on mandatory overtime, and reporting requirements on patient to nurse ratios.