Becker's Healthcare October 25, 2024
The American Hospital Association filed an amicus brief Oct. 24 in support of a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Texas challenging the federal government’s nursing staffing level mandate.
Here are five things to know:
- The mandate requires long-term care facilities to have a registered nurse on site for 24 hours per day, seven days a week, as opposed to the current requirement of eight hours per day, seven days a week. It also requires total nurse staffing of at least 3.48 hours per resident day, registered nurse staffing of at least 0.55 hours per resident day and nurse...
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