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ANA is taking actions to address the nation-wide nurse staffing crisis.
Safe staffing is one of ANA’s core federal policy priorities. We work closely with our constituent and state nurses associations to monitor and advocate for state-level policies, which generally follow three approaches:
ANA supports a legislative model incorporating nurse-driven staffing committees because this approach encourages flexible staffing levels. At least 55 % of staffing committee members should be direct care nurses.
As of March 2022, 16 states currently address nurse staffing in hospitals through either laws or regulations:
ANA is taking actions to address the nation-wide nurse staffing crisis.
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