Legislation for Nursing

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This paper discusses The Quality of Nursing Care Act of 2004 and the Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2005, which have been proposed as legislation to specifically address the issue of short staffing of nurses in health care facilities and the elements related to the profession that have led to this crisis. The paper suggests that the current crisis is due to a severe decrease in the wages that are paid to professional nurses, inadequate equipment available to perform the job and hours that far exceed the expectations of other employees.

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"The Quality of Nursing Care Act of 2004 and the Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2005 have been proposed as legislation to specifically address the issue of short staffing of nurses in health care facilities, and the elements related to the profession that have led to this crisis. It has been indicated by Clark and Clark (2003) that the current crisis is due to a severe decrease in the wages that are paid to professional nurses, inadequate equipment available to perform the job, and hours that far exceed the expectations of other employees. However, these issues do not affect only one segment of the nursing population, but the entire scope of nursing professions throughout the country. "

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