Experts have long worried that patients’ quality of care can suffer depending on the number of nurses on the job. But, is it best to legally limit how many patients one nurse can care for or to allow nurse staffing assignments to adjust as need and circumstances arise? That’s what Massachusetts voters will decide when they cast a ballot for Ballot Question One-- Later in the show, advocates for a distracted driving bill make the case for hands free, and hoping to the state’s legislative clock to stop distracted driving.
Guests: Donna Kelly-Williams is a Registered Nurse at the Cambridge Hospital Birth Center and President of the MNA, the Massachusetts Nurses Association. She is a yes for Question One. Donna Glynn is a Registered Nurse at the VA Boston Healthcare System and President of the ANA, the American Nurses Association of Massachusetts. She is a no for Question One.
Emily Stein is President of Safe Roads Alliance
And Alyson Lowell is the mother of Gabriella Lowell who-just last month-- was struck and killed by a driver on his cell phone.
