A new Ohio bill could keep hospitals from requiring nurses to work overtime as a condition of employment.
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01/10/2018
Proposed Law Would Ban Forcing Ohio Nurses to Work Overtime
The Ohio Hospital Association is opposed to the legislation
Hospitals across Ohio are facing a shortage of nursing staff and can require nurses to work longer hours and cover more shifts, but a nurses union said that creates dangerous conditions for patients who might get bad care from exhausted staff.
But the Ohio Hospital Association said staffing is complicated and hospitals need to have the flexibility to schedule the nurses they need at the times that they are needed.'
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