California has now seen lower mortality rates and better nurse outcomes with nurse retention. Connecticut in 2009 passed a law that required hospitals to have nurse staffing oversight committees.

Something changed with the Covid-19 pandemic, Foster said. That change is among the many captured in the 2023 Survey of Registered Nurses from AMN Healthcare, a nurse staffing company. The ...

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Self-reported nurse staffing shortages in United States nursing homes during the height of the pandemic were linked to less care per resident and a 10.5% increase in resident deaths, a new study ...

The nurse staffing crisis is an urgent pain point for the country’s more than 5 million nurses, for patients, and for the entire health care system.

Marchelle Vernell, a nurse at SSM St. Louis University Hospital, leads about 25 nurses in a chant on Friday, June 3, 2022, during a demonstration to pressure officials to alleviate staffing issues ...

It is obvious that there are some barriers to the initial implementation of mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. One such barrier pertains to the current nursing shortage, as mandating staffing ...

Proposed legislation to mandate nurse-to-patient staffing ratios would exacerbate Pennsylvania’s nursing shortage, pushing the state toward a health care crisis. On Tuesday, the Health Committee ...

Research over decades has shown this strong association: The higher the level of nurse staffing, the more likely you are to be discharged alive, or to have a good outcome. Ratios sound ...

Here are six updates: 1. New Jersey lawmakers plan to discuss codifying into law legislation limiting how many patients a nurse can take care of at a given time, NJ Spotlight News reported. The ...

Mandatory nurse staffing ratios are a temporary solution to a larger issue and will not bring about the respect the profession deserves, Kathleen Bartholomew, MN, RN, a national speaker and nurse ...

After years of advocating by nurses, the Safe Staffing Bill has been introduced in Congress. If passed, it would set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for hospitals across the country.