Personal Injury Attorney Eva Pearlman Urges Lawmakers to Pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act

May 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Utica, NY, April 27, 2015: Personal Injury Attorney Eva Brindisi Pearlman, partner at the Law Offices of Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi & Pearlman has posted a new article on the law offices website entitled “Urge Your Lawmakers to Pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act.”

Pearlman states, “New York patients are at risk as hospital administrators are forcing nurses to take on as many as 10 patients and more at once.” She adds, “As Personal Injury Attorneys, we at Brindisi Murad, Brindisi & Pearlman have seen far too many instances of injury and death as a result of overworked nurses due to understaffing and efforts by hospitals to save money.”

The Act is designed to limit the number of patients nurses must tend to during a single shift. As Pearlman explains, “The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act would set safe minimum nurse staffing levels in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities throughout New York State. The bill would establish nurse-to-patient ratios by unit and hospitals that violate the law would face civil penalties.”

As Pearlman points out hospital administrators fear this requirement will affect their ability to provide services and will affect their profitability. However Pearlman provides research that proves, “safe nurse staffing is a cost-effective way to improve patient care that will lead to savings for hospitals and our entire healthcare system. Safe nurse staffing actually reduces turnover, while inadequate nurse staffing levels are associated with high turnover rates and poor patient satisfaction.” (Nursing Administration Quarterly, 2011).

According to Pearlman, “Far too long hospital administrators have had all the power over staffing. Putting safe minimum staffing levels into law will take some of that power out of their hands. Clearly, the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act can and will save lives.”

Pearlman urges readers, “Call, e-mail or write to your lawmakers and urge them to sign the Safe Staffing for Quality Care act into law. Every patient in New York State is at risk and could benefit from this law. Take action now! You never know whose life you might be saving.”

The entire article can be found http://bmbplawyers.com/urge-your-lawmakers-to-pass-the-safe-staffing-for-quality-care-act/

About Eva Brindisi Pearlman

Eva Brindisi Pearlman, was born in Utica, New York. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York, in 1986. She also graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, in 1989. After law school, Ms. Pearlman continued her education and graduated with a Masters of Law in Taxation (LLM) from University of Baltimore, Maryland, Graduate Tax Program, in 1993.

Ms. Pearlman moved back to Central New York in 1997 to join a family practice founded by her father, Louis T. Brindisi. She is currently practicing law as a partner at the law firm of Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi & Pearlman, LLP.

Ms. Pearlman practices in the field of civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury law. Ms. Pearlman has handled thousands of civil cases and has secured millions of dollars in settlements for her clients, many of which have been won through participating in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), such as mediations and arbitrations.

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