Our Nurse Alliance steering committee has decided the time is right to push for a safe patient handling bill in California, and has made the issue another big priority for 2011. In recent years, we have known that there was little recourse for RNs who see the need for patient handling safety improvements at their facilities. Nothing illustrates the need for new legislation better then the story of Becky Long, the secretary-treasurer of SEIU Local 121RN, who worked for more than 30 years at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center.
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