The nursing shortage is worsening. After Covid-19 deadly spread killed nearly 900 people and infected nearly 100,000 residents, it also caused a substantial loss of nurses and health care workers, who worked through life-threatening conditions with inadequate supplies and staffing for much of the pandemic. 

Now, the Ohio Nurses Association has issued a CODE RED, saying Ohio lawmakers need to step in to create laws that require hospitals, etc. to comply with mininum staffing standards. It's no only fair to the workers, it's crucial for patient outcomes. Find out the number one bad outcome for patients is caused by under-staffing in this program. 

My guest is Rick Lucas, the Director of the Ohio Nurses Association, serving as the voice of more than 160,000 registered nurses, to protect them, their patients and communities.

Find out more on the Ohio Nurses Association website

What ONA wants you to know about the current nurses shortage

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