The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) recently convened a hearing on the nation’s worsening nurse staffing crisis. Chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders, the hearing brought together hospital leaders, healthcare experts, and frontline nurses—including National Nurses United (NNU) President Mary Turner, RN—to examine how unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios are fueling moral distress, turnover, and patient harm. The discussion aimed to identify legislative solutions to s