Nursing assistants push for legislation that would address staffing levels at Oregon hospitals

Amanda Newman, a certified nursing assistant at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, often can ’t take her lunch or rest breaks during a 12-hour shift. She routinely cares for nine or more patients during a shift, assisting them with meals, vital signs, bathing and turning. Over the years, the patients have gotten sicker and staffing levels lower, Newman told Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday. “I want to be able to hold my patients’ hands when they are upset or scared or help them to the…
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