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mum nurse-to-patient ratios that are improved upon as individual patient needs warrant. Research from the last few decades has overwhelmingly shown that safe stafing levels and ratios help improve patient outcomes in mortality, adver. e events, complications, failure to rescue, quality of care, costs, and length of stay. Safe stafing lev.
Studies on California’s RN-to-patient ratios statute — the only law of its kind in the country — confirm the significant impact minimum stafing ratios have on improved patient safety and outcomes. Compared to California, New Jersey hospitals would have 13.9 percent fewer patient deaths and Pennsylvania 10.6 percent fewer deaths if they ...
California Nurses Association | National Nurses United
About CNA. Founded in 1903, the California Nurses Association is a premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California.
Ratios: what does the California ratios law actually require?
May 10, 2021 · Requires orientation and validated current competence before assigning a nurse to a clinical area. Temporary personnel must receive the same orientation and competency determination as permanent staff. Applies At All Times. The ratios apply “at all times,” including meals and breaks, and excused absences. Prohibits Averaging.
Veterans Affairs - National Nurses United
Bronx VA Nurses caravan to the VA regional office to demand VA lift barriers to hiring . Nurses from the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx will be caravaning to Tarrytown, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 7, to call on the VA to lift barriers to hiring staff to fill RN positions to ensure safe patient care.
California Safe Staffing Ratios - National Nurses United
Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Jan. 4 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short-staffing, management’s failure to meet California’s mandatory minimum RN-to-patient ratios, and retaliation against RNs advocating for safe patient care.
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act. Care ActSponsored by Senator Sherrod Brown Representative Jan SchakowskyThere are no federal mandates regulating the number. f patients a registered nurse can care for at one time in U.S. hospitals. As a result, registered nurses (RNs) are consistently required to care ...
Safe Staffing Ratios - National Nurses United
June 12, 2024. Maine nurses recently moved safe staffing legislation the farthest a state bill has progressed in the past 20 years. Pine Tree State RNs applauded the Maine Senate for passing L.D. 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act on March 27 but unfortunately did not make it to a vote in the House before the legislative session ended on April 17.
Continuing Education (CE) Class Catalog - National Nurses United
Sep 14, 2017 · This is a two-part, in-person CE Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (6 hours of CE credits). If you’re a UC nurse, an extra hour will be available from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Participants must be in attendance all day to receive the full 6 CEU CE credits, even if they have taken one of the classes prior to the sign-up date.