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Prohibition of Excessive Overtime for Nurses Act.

The General Assembly of Pennsylvania. HB957 (2005).

This bill calls for a prohibition of mandatory overtime and limiting the work week to 12 hours a day or 60 hours a week for non-supervisory health care employees in Pennsylvania. It is presently under consideration by Pennsylvania's General Assembly.

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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

Patient Safety: Supporting a Culture of Continuous Quality Improvement in Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations.

Testimony before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee of Governmental Affairs, 108th Cong, 1st Sess (June 11, 2003) (statement of Carolyn M. Clancy, MD).

LEGISLATION/CASE LAW

Enacting the Washington state patient safety act requiring hospital staffing plans for nursing services and establishing recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Washington State Legislature. HB 1602 (2003).

STUDY

Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.

Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1715-1722.

BOOK/REPORT

Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses.

Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services, Page A, ed. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004.

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