Becker's Healthcare September 27, 2023
Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios span the West Coast as more states have signed related legislation. Meanwhile, other states continue to consider the issue.
Here are five updates:
1. The Ohio Nurses Association joined state Reps. Haraz Ghanbari and Elgin Rogers on Sept. 27 to introduce staffing legislation. The bill would establish legally enforceable minimum staffing standards for nurses at hospitals in the state and incentivize people to go into nursing, according to a union news release. A spokesperson for the Ohio Hospital Association, which has expressed opposition to mandated approaches to nurse staffing, told Becker’s the association will evaluate this potential legislation.
2. In Michigan, legislation is on the table that would require hospitals to meet nurse-patient staffing ratios, limit mandatory...
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