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California’s Historic RN-To-Patient Hospital Staffing Ratios Upgraded Again in 2008 January 9, 2008

Posted by Ellen - RN, BSN in : MyNurseDegree , trackback

RN Staffing Ratios Law

California’s historic safe hospital staffing law, achieved through years of advocacy by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, completes its phase-in period as ratios on several units were lowered on January 1, 2008 to meet state mandates for minimum safe care.

While in other states, nurses are demanding similar staffing laws as in California, it is not clear other states will follow suit.

In the California safe hospital staffing law, ratios differ by hospital area, such as a minimum of no less than 1 RN for every 5 patients in general medical or post-surgical care units, 1:4 in pediatrics, and 1:4 in emergency rooms.

This law has created the need for more registered nurses in California, adding 80,000 more licensed RNs into the state’s workforce.

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