RainCityRogue

If a hospital is at their safe nurse staffing ratios and a new patient shows up, what happens? Are patients turned away if there aren't enough nurses?

And if you have safe staffing ratios and then a lot of nurses get sick and can't work do you then have to discharge patients to bring the ratios in line?

But knowing that there is a nationwide nursing shortage and insufficient capacity in education programs to meet nursing demand, there aren't many nurses out there to call in to cover a shift.

I agree that staffing ratios are important for patient and staff safety, but should we be creating a mandate that can't be enforced without limiting the availability of care?