Re: Fatigue in Medicare Care = Errors

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>>   That does not mean they are not tired and therefore make errors.


>So Herman, you believe that there should be regulations and
>legislation that makes it impossible for nurses who want to work
>overtime to do so?

Yes, if they can be justified on the basis of protecting 
others from their inability to function properly.  The
justification for such regulations is the health and
safety of others.

Now if some can show that the overtime is safe when they
do it, those few should be allowed to.

As I said before, emergencies make exceptions.


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