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Nurses association urges action on workforce, workplace-violence and education bills
Summary
Kim Sandor, executive director of the Connecticut Nurses Association, told the Board of Examiners for Nursing on March 4 that lawmakers should address nurse retention, workplace violence and education financing, citing several pending state bills and concerns about nurse-licensure-compact data and delays.
Kim Sandor, executive director of the Connecticut Nurses Association, told the Board of Examiners for Nursing on March 4 that the legislature needs to act to stabilize the nursing workforce and support education pipelines.
"This year is really bringing our frontline voices of our nurses to the forefront because we're hearing that their working environments and workplace culture and conditions are eroding their mental health, creating profound moral distress, and are just accelerating retention and transition out of the bedside," Sandor said during the board's regular meeting.
Sandor listed multiple priorities the…
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