Nursing Care Nationwide: RD article

[Guest guest]

My new Readers Digest has an article " How Hospitals are Gambling with

Your Life " which seems to bear out what many list members have

complained about during their hospital stays: shorthanded overworked

staff, among other things.

http://www.rd.com/common/nav/index.jhtml?articleId=9523607

Here's a small quote:

" A s a patient, your surest protection is your own insistence -- or

that of your family -- that you get the care you deserve. Learn which

procedures are best performed by RNs, and if you won't be able to

monitor your own care, try to make sure that a family member or

friend is on hand as your advocate. "

--stella