Data from England's University of Southampton confirmed what astute patients and their advocates have known all along: Hospitals with fewer registered nurses on staff experience higher mortality levels. It's logical to extrapolate that a dearth of nurses means that those who are working will not be able to deliver adequate care to their patients.
Can understaffing lead to negligence?
Workplace violence is threatening your safety
You may associate workplace injuries with things like falls, broken machinery or lax safety protocols. While all of these things certainly can and do contribute to worker injuries, most people leave out the third leading cause of worker death in the United States -- workplace violence.
Did your nurse get enough sleep last night?
When you are a patient in a hospital or a resident of a nursing home, the last thing that you want to worry about is whether the nurse in charge of providing your care is sleep deprived. After all, patients are both vulnerable and dependent upon their nurses for the most basic tasks when they are hospitalized.
Recreational pot is legal but could still affect workers' comp
Regardless of where you stand on marijuana legalization issues, there are many reasons to be glad that recreational marijuana is now legal here in Massachusetts. For one, the new laws protect otherwise law-abiding people from getting arrested on pot charges. However, that does not mean that all residents are free to light up without consequences.
