Most people do not know this, but the U.S. consistently takes more refugees than most industrialized countries combined.

Workers would receive training on safe patient handling and injury prevention.

These are lifesavers, these machines.

Workers would be protected from employer retaliation if they refuse to accept assignments which do not meet safety standards.

We have a serious problem on our hands. We've got a nursing shortage, a nursing workforce that's growing older, and a general population growing heavier, with the obesity epidemic.

I'm proud that Minnesota hospitals understand that worker safety is part and parcel of good patient care.

Health and Human Services would administer a $200-million grant program to cover costs of acquiring safe handling and equipment for eligible facilities.

Under this legislation, OSHA would issue a standard on safe patient handling and injury prevention that requires the use of lift equipment to move patients, except in cases which would compromise patient care.

Nurses' back injuries cost about $16 billion in worker compensation benefits each year, and another $10 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity.

Unfortunately, Bettye is just one of many nurses who have lost their careers due to the lack of safe patient handling standards.

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