“This affects everyone”: Paragould nurse joins march in Washington D.C.

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) – Sisters and brothers in scrubs united, as nurses marched in Washington D.C. to combat for change of their area.

A nurse from Northeast Arkansas was a type of within the march on the nation’s capital.

Crissy Landreth has labored as a nurse since 2013.

After years of stress within the office, she now works from residence as a nurse case supervisor.

“This impacts everybody,” she stated. “Everybody ought to be educated about how they will change issues.”

Landreth joined hundreds of different nurses throughout a march to the White Home, demanding change in patient-nurse ratio, office security, and higher pay.

“Except we begin the motion of change and begin the dialogue, we’re going to get nowhere, and we’re going to lose extra nurses to the career,” Erin Keith stated, who additionally participated within the march.

Each ladies stated they really feel like healthcare techniques are placing revenue over security for sufferers and nurses.

They hope the march helps open lawmakers’ eyes and creates obligatory change.

“Battle for the belongings you care about however do it in a manner that will lead others to hitch you and that was precisely what the march was about,” stated one other nurse, Kimberly Petsalis.

Lots of the nurses’ challenges have been solely made worse throughout the pandemic. This compelled them to go away the sector, which has put much more of a pressure on the system.

There are two payments that will tackle a few of the points nurses are apprehensive about, HR 3165 and HR 1195, each of which set requirements for nurse-patient ratio and tackle office violence.

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