NSG_5130 Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019

Healthcare Policy

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019

116th Congress (2019-2020)

  • Type of bill
  • Federal bill
  • Introduced in House on 05/08/2019
  • Bill number
  • R. 2581
  • Title
  • Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of       2019
  • Purpose
  • To revise the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care nurse-to patient         staffing ratio requirements by units in hospitals
  • To mandate the hospitals to incorporate an acuity system to allow for bedside                                nurses to utilize their professional judgement to decide the acuity and level of                         care of patients
  • To mandate hospitals to follow nurse-to-patient ratios on all shifts without averaging
  • To require hospitals to follow certain procedures to determine the ratios
  • To provide whistleblower protection for nurses by securing a nurse’s right to                     refuse unsafe assignment
  • Prohibits the use of video monitors or technology to replace direct patient care and RN professional judgment.
  • Intended group/population
  • Nurses, patients, nurse administrators and supervisors, licensed vocational or       practical nurses, patient care assistants as an ancillary staff member
  • Outcome
  • Increased number of RNs per patient that complies with specific minimum nurse- to-patient ratios by unit
  • Adequate number of qualified nurses to provide the high-quality care
  • Improved patient care quality
  • Increased patients’ safety by decreasing the number of preventable errors caused by unsafe staffing ratios
  • Reduced nurse burnout
  • Reduced costly nurse’s turnover rate by retaining experienced nurses
  • Improved workplace for nurses that will help to attract and retain nurses
  • Bill tracker
  • Introduced in House on 05/08/2019
  • Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce on 05/08/2019
  • Referred to the Subcommittee on Health on 05/09/2019
  • The outcome of the bill has not been determined
  • Legislative Sponsors
  • Representative Schakowsky, Janice (Democrat) of Illinois, District 9 106th-117th
  • Cosponsored by 56 representatives, which includes 26 original
  • Reason for Selection
  • Nurses play critical role in patients’ safety and quality of care provision. Nurses vigilance at bedside is important to ensure patient’s safety, to manage patient care needs, coordinate care, prevent deterioration, identify and communicate changes in patient’s condition, perform countless tasks, and at the same time have time to educate patients and families. Inadequate staffing has a detrimental impact on nurses in terms of emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction, both of which are linked to costly turnover. The evidence suggests that high nurse-to-patient ratios are also linked to poor patient outcome, increased infections, pressure ulcers, falls, and accidental death (Barrows, 2020). Mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios law in California which became a millstone of progressive changes in healthcare, improves quality of care, safety of the patients, while reducing nurse burnout and increasing nurses’ retention rates.

 

References

Barrows, K. (2020). Safe staffing: Critical for patients and nurses. Department for                                               Professional Employees, AFL-CIO. https://www.dpeaflcio.org/factsheets/safe-staffing-                     critical-for-patients-and-nurses.

 

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019, H.R. 2581,                     116th Cong. (2019). https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-                                                bill/2581/cosponsors?r=74&s=1

 

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