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RNs Rally to Lower Patient Ratios

March 31st, 2011 by flanews

More than a hundred nurses from around the state rallied in Tallahassee today for support of legislation that would lighten their workloads. The nurses say there is an average on one nurse from every eight patients at Florida hospitals. A bill would lower the ratio to one in five. Lieutenant Superville, a registered nurse from Fort Lauderdale, say it’s not about the workload; it’s about the quality of care.

“The bill would insure us that we could get those ratios and we could take care of our patients and we would be putting patient safety first. That’s what we want to do. That’s why we are here. We love our patients. We want to take care of them, but we want to do it with safety first,” said Superville.

At one point the nurses surrounded Governor Rick Scott asking him if he’d support a lower patient to nurse ratio. Scott didn’t answer their questions.

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