MINNESOTA (KVRR) — The Minnesota Nurses Association says a bill to require a minimum staffing number of nurses in a hospital would help stave off the waves of nurses leaving the profession. The Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would set minimum nurse to patient ratios across the state. The MNA says the current ratios aren’t safe and put patients…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would create committees made up of health care workers and management to set staffing levels on a unit-by-unit basis depending on a hospital. It puts a maximum on the number of patients for a nurse. The C-E-O of the M-H-A says there are already at least five thousand openings for nurses…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP)–Another prominent health care provider is furloughing 2,600 employees as the coronavirus cuts into revenue. HealthPartners, the second-largest nonprofit group in the state, operates seven hospitals, dozens of clinics and a health insurance business. COVID-19 has eliminated elective surgeries and created some financial challenges for health care groups. Earlier this month Minnesota’s largest nonprofit group, the Mayo Clinic,…
