In the wake of hundreds of phone calls and emails from nurses and other voters concerned about comments made by Deval Patrick at a televised debate Wednesday night, the Patrick campaign today issued an official statement clarifying his position on legislation to set safe RN staffing limits in Massachusetts hospitals.
In a statement reported by the State House News Service on Friday afternoon , Patrick said, “I did not support the original legislation because I did not believe that mandating staffing levels in an inherently fluid environment was a practical solution. I do support the compromise bill that won passage in the House, but failed to win passage in the Senate. I look forward to working with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, legislators and other to revive it.”
