Thousands of Patients Harmed Each Year. Measure Eliminates House Compromise Bill’s Call for Safe Staffing Standards and Patient Limits, Allowing Hospital Administrators to Continue to Set Their Own Staffing Levels. Massachusetts Nurses Association, July 18, 2008 Nurses and patient advocates, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association and the Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients, are angered by the Senate vote yesterday (23 – 13) which will allow the state’s hospitals to continue the dangerous and deadly status quo. ... Nurses/Advocates