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earegiver in today's health carthe Tank Force,aay nures in Connecticuthavethe same essnern.A concen that has been madevery clear.In my opinion,it ia therefore therespon·nibility of the minli nuna to address thia iesue andhelp the membera of the Taak Force understandxacly what in happening in the practice settinga.  \nHaving recently atended the Task Force'sWaterbury area pablic hearing,Iknow thatnuranareapeakingout Buffnumae,nuraemanageru andeven a hospital volunteer portrayed an aceurateBeeauae I am a frontline caregiver,much of whatwa said did not murprise me.However,I waBabocked by aome of the toatimony.The amount ofmandatory overtimerequired in some ssttings,thenumber of patienta/units to bo covered by onenuree in others and the variety of non-aursingfunctions expected of the staff nuraee opened myeyeato thedepth ofthe problem.Ihopethatithadasimilar effect on the legialators and Tak Forcemembers that were preoent.Many apeakeru provided factualdata that oupport the testimony.Thistype of hard data haa boen preaented to the TankForoe at public hearinge throughout the stnte  \nFrom the teatimony provided,itwsobvioua that  \nTheThird AnnualLegislativeConference\"Nursing and Government Naraee in Action,\"wmz heldon February 24,1988,at the Ramada Inn-CapitolHill in Hartford.The conference was booked tamaximum participation aose after i was initiallypablicizod,and regretably,CNAwaa forced to turnaway many would-be tolephone and on-site regitranta.Participation wa overwhelming with over140 concerned nuraing profesnionals in attend-ance.In rapeee to the enthunianm generated bythis year's participanta,and to the large number ofdenied regiatrationa,CNA has already begunsearching for larger accommodations for the 1989Legialative Conference.  \nThe conference began with a briefwelcome fromCNA Preeident Carol Polifroni EdD,RN.This wafollowed by an interim report from theGovemorTask Force on the Nuring Shortagegivenby DorisArmatrong,MEd,RN,FAAN,Co-chairon the TakForce.Armatrong,in addition to discuseing therecent acoompliahmenta and future goals of theTask Force,suggested strategies for Connecticutnareeato utilizein facilitating the workofthe TankForce  \nFollowing this report,was a thought provokingpanel diacuacion on the nursing shortage withample opportanity for oommenta and queationafrom the audience.The highly qualified panelsoluded Du  nstucng VieeProridsnt forNuring at Hartford Hoapital,Elzabeth DaubertExeeutive Director,Connecticut Asoociation for HomeCare,and Louia J.Halpryn,Executive Vice-Preai-dentConnegticutAncociation ofHealth Care Facil-ities,Ine.CharlenJ.Daffy,CNA Lobbyist,sorvedaamoderator for this dincusaion.Severalimportanttopics were brought up for deliberation.Amongutthese ws thenood for roorganizationofdaily nureing reaponsibilities and evaluation of the use of  \n# The Waterbury Hearing:One Nurses'Impressions\n\nThe Governor's Task Force on the Nursing Shortage held apublichearingforthe Waterbury area on March 3rd at Waterbury Hospitai.Timothy Squires,Memberof CNA District Iand Chairperson of CNPAC,shares with CNN hisimpressions on the testimony.  \nby Timothy E.Squires,RN,BSN,CCRN  \n3rd AnnualLegislative Conference a  \npara-profengdonala in an effort to relieve nurea ofBme of the more \"routine\"taska of patient ea鸥，thue allowingnraa to practice the highly epocialized akilla that they an aniquely qualified torender.The iseueofbureaucratieregulationain theform of osemingly needlees amounitn ofpaperworkwas another major isue addressod by the panel.Panel member Louin J.Halpryn supportod mam-beni of the audience in their concrn about theeffocta that filling out endlens amounta of formhu on direct patient eoetars time.Mr.Halprynadded ihat it in not only the amount of forma,buttheinconniateney andoverlappingofbureaucratieregulationsthat needs to be sbire nd.  \nCNAlobbyist,Charlea D","cbCaiaeML0VmudJR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaeML0VmudJR","pdf",2197346,"English","# The Waterbury Hearing: One 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