In further celebration of Nurses Week, it’s worth discussing this TIME article about the “Killer Burden on Nurses” under the Affordable Care Act. The point I’m raising and highlighting here is not meant to be political or partisan, but really one about nursing workloads, management decisions, and what’s right for patients. We’ve seen recently that American healthcare spending is UP about 10% (the biggest increase in spending since 1980) – mainly due to newly insured patients … Continue reading Higher Workloads and Fewer Nurses? Not a Recipe for Patient Protection and Affordable Care