Sounds like Arizona maybe be starting something good.... check this out:
"leaders today announced the historic introduction of major legislation to make
Arizona hospitals safer for patients and strengthen the ability of RNs to
expose unsafe conditions and advocate for patient protections."
Read the full story, as published by Reuters, by clicking HERE. (will open in new window)
Hey Jim,
AndyBasically what I said to Jeff when he posted something similar that California was doing as far as the Ratios...I think before mandating ratios they should take care of the nursing shortage first....Ratios on paper are nice but unless they are implimentable (new word) then they mean nothing it seems to me they should increase nurse pay first..so more people go into nursing and then after say two years mandate these ratios make them voluntary for now until the nursing shortage is well on it's way to be taken care of...because all this is going to do in my opinion is create longer working hours for nurses and added responsibilities which in themselves can be dangerous to patients.
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