Nursing

The incumbent, Rep. Doug Mann, D-Columbia, is backing Gregg Bush's bid for the state's 50th State House district.

Amid a nationwide staffing crisis in the nursing industry, Missouri saw a statewide vacancy rate of 15.6% for registered nurses working in hospitals last year, with a 16.3% turnover rate, according to the Missouri Hospital Association's annual workforce report.

A federal rule will require long-term care facilities to have a minimum number of nursing staff on hand at all times to take care of residents.

A new Missouri inspection report highlights the chaos that ensued after St. Louis’ largest nursing home closed without warning last month, forcing more than 170 residents to be evacuated. Northview Village closed suddenly on Dec. 15 as the company that owned it struggled to meet payroll. The report from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services released Wednesday spells out the financial trouble that prompted the closure. At the time, phone lines went down, prohibiting the 174 residents from communicating with relatives. Some began stealing from inside the nursing home, and nine people got stuck in an elevator. Two residents went missing, including a man with schizophrenia who wasn't found until three weeks later.

Missouri's nursing home regulation allows poor care, and sometimes abuse, to continue for years with few consequences.

Karren Ganschinietz lives and works in Boss, Missouri. She’s been a CNA, or Certified Nursing Assistant, for nearly 40 years – working in assisted living facilities and home care. She spoke with Missouri Business Alert about the shortage of CNAs in Missouri and how that could impact our healthcare systems, as well as the care patients receive.

There is a shortage of CNAs all over Missouri, according to a 2023 workforce report from the Missouri Hospital Association. Along with hospitals, staffing nursing homes is a cause for concern.

Bridgett Robbins is an Assistant teaching professor at the Sinclair School of Nursing, but before that she worked as a nurse in Mid-Missouri for more than 30 years.She spoke about how travel nursing can impact hospitals and about why she believes some students want to sign traveling contracts.

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