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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Diane Scherrer <a
href="mailto:dscherrer@mnarn.org">dscherrer@mnarn.org</a> <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Patient Safety Act Overwhelmingly Passes in the
House of Representatives and Now Moves to the Senate</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
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<p class=MsoNormal>On May 22, the House of Representatives voted
overwhelmingly in favor of the Patient Safety Act. Now the bill is
before the Senate, and we need your help in getting the Senate to pass
it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If passed, HB 4783, the Patient Safety Act would stop hospitals from
relentlessly continuing to increase nursing patient loads. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The time remaining in this legislative session is running out! We
can't let another year go by without action on this critical patient
safety issue!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>What can you do to help?? </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We need your help in getting the Senate to pass the Patient Safety
Act! Please call your State Senator TODAY!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Call your State Senator at 617-722-2000 and ask for them by name.
Let them know that the Patient Safety Act has been voted in the House
by an overwhelming majority and you need the Senator to vote YES on HB
4783.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Patients have waited too long. It's time to act. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To find out who your State Senator is or for more information, go to
www.capwiz.com/massnurses. The important thing is to make the call
today!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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Scherrer, RN </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#333399'>"Without good and careful nursing many must suffer greatly,
and probably perish, that might have been restored to health and comfort, and
become useful to themselves, their families, and the public, for many years
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