HealthLeaders Media September 2, 2021
A letter to U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra calls for immediate action on the ‘unsustainable’ nurse staffing shortage.
The current nurse staffing shortage must be declared a national crisis and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should acknowledge it and take concrete action, the American Nurses Association (ANA) wrote in a call-to-arms letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Crisis-level nurse staffing puts nurses’ ability to care for patients in jeopardy, the letter said.
“Nurses have remained steadfast on the front lines since the beginning of the pandemic, while overcoming challenges, risks to their personal health, and safety such as limited personal protective equipment and the physical, emotional, and mental health burden of the COVID-19...
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