Nurse staffing crises are nothing new. But since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation has intensified.
In 1999, California became the first state to mandate such ratios, which cap the number of patients assigned to each nurse. Union nurses championed the bill as a win for patient safety and health outcomes. Hospital associations blasted it as ineffective and costly.
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