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Registered nurse Mary Lou Arocena holds a photo of a nurse who died from COVID-19. Arocena, 60, worked as nurse for 35 years before retiring last year, facing burnout from the stress of the job
Nurses in Pennsylvania’s largest health care union say COVID-19 has shown the need for a state policy requiring a minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratio.
For several years, SEIU Health Care and some state lawmakers have made the case that staffing ratios would save lives and improve patient care in hospitals.
This year, however, nurses came to the state Capitol carrying the trauma of the pandemic, said registered nurse Mary Lou Arocena.