Your (hypothetical) telephone number Reducing nurse-to-patient ratios AtlantiCare Regional Medical Centre is proud to announce it has made a commitment to raise its current ratio of nurses to patients, exceeding the mandated requirements of the state. Currently, California requires a mandatory 1:5 nurse-to-patient ratio. This law was passed given the evidence that low nurse-to-patient ratios can significantly compromise the quality of patient care. AtlantiCare already meets state requirements…

Abstract In 2011, nurses from El Paso became upset due to the low nurse staffing in hospitals. To raise awareness of this issue, these nurses protested outside of Las Palmas hospital. The shortage of nurses in hospitals results in the patients-to-one-nurse ratio to increase. The issue of too many patients to one nurse causes nurses to become exhausted, and also patient mortality to increase due to poor care. Hospitals believe in saving money for other things rather than hiring more nurses to solve this…

Describe a nurse in five words or less. Most would say compassionate, empathetic, and self-less. Imagine trying to be all these things and more while taking care of up to six patients, all with complex medical histories with inadequate staff. It is hard to picture the person with the most direct patient contact as being anything less than compassionate, empathetic, and self-less. That is what nurses are experiencing in today’s nursing profession. Deciding nurse-patient ratios in the hospital…

effects patient-to-nurse ratios have on adverse outcomes, mortality rates, and failure-to-rescue rates of patients and on job dissatisfaction and burnout experiences of nurses. Aiken, Sloane, Sochalski, and Silber (2002) performed a study which showed that each additional patient per nurse increased patient mortality within 30 days of admission by 7% and increased failure-to-rescue by 7% as well. This same study also showed that each additional patient per nurse resulted in a 23% increase in nurse burnout…

Nurse-Patient Staffing Ratios For years, the great nurse-patient staffing ratio debate has ignited opinions and flared tempers on both sides of the issue. Innumerable studies have been conducted regarding various aspects and effects of staffing ratios. The business side of healthcare continues to clash with the clinical side of operations, and to date, California remains the only state in the United States thus far that has enacted legislation mandating nurse-patient staffing ratios. The business…

RUNNING HEAD: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios A Literature Review: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and Their Relationships with Other Variables Since the times when Florence Nightingale took care of patients, there has been a question about what factors affect patient care. One of these factors, nurse-to-patient ratios, has gotten significant publicity over the last several years due to a change in legislation in California. This increase in publicity has sparked many researchers' interest to further evaluate…

responsibilities set on nurses has skyrocketed since the profession began in 1854 and little has been done to balance out these increasing demands with its consequences (University of Pennsylvania). Of particular concern is the nurse-patient ratio and although minute, some states have and are considering whether to mandate the ratio or not. To best cope with the increasing demands, nurse-patient ratios in hospitals should be mandated by the state government in order to improve the quality of patient care, reduce…

Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07, 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice, state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures, and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed…

------------------------------------------------- BROCHURE ON CALIFORNIA STATE MANDATED NURSE PATIENT RATIO. Does mandating Nurse-Patient ratio improve care? Information for nurses and patients. BY SHINY EDWARD RN UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX JULY 8, 2012. ------------------------------------------------- BROCHURE ON CALIFORNIA STATE MANDATED NURSE PATIENT RATIO. Does mandating Nurse-Patient ratio improve care? Information for nurses and patients. BY SHINY EDWARD RN UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX JULY 8, 2012.…

Nurse Patient Ratio and Patient Outcomes Nurse staffing have an effect on a variety of areas within nursing. Quality of care is usually affected. Hospitals with low staffing tend to have higher incidence of poor patient outcomes. Martin, (2015) wrote an article on how insufficient nursing staff increases workload and job dissatisfaction, which in effect decreases total patient care over all. When nurse staffing is inadequate, the ability to practice ethically becomes questionable. Time worked, overtime…