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  2. Nursing shortage - Wikipedia

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    It can be measured, for instance, when the nurse-to-patient ratio, the nurse-to-population ratio, the number of job openings necessitates a higher number of nurses than currently available, or the current number of nurses is above a certain age where retirement becomes an option and plays a factor in staffing making the workforce in a higher ...

  3. Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in Hawaii Senate bill prompt ...

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    The ratios The Senate bill outlines specific minimum staffing standards for various units, which are 1-to-1 ratios of 1 registered nurse to 1 patient for critical care patients in the emergency ...

  4. Nursing shortage in Canada - Wikipedia

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    For medical and surgical units during the day shift, one nurse for four patients is the standard. [22] This change during the night shift, with one nurse for five patients, and represents "5.33 hours per patient day". [22] In obstetrical units the ratio for both day and night shifts in one nurse to five patients which represents 4.80 hours per ...

  5. California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing ...

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    California has the only legislatively mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in the country. [3] In December 2020, during the fall/winter COVID-19 pandemic surge, governor Gavin Newsom gave all hospitals a temporary waiver from those mandates, which allowed hospitals, for example, to have ICU nurses care for three patients rather than two.

  6. Which NJ hospitals are the best for giving birth? This new ...

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    A study published last year in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that the maternal mortality rate among Black women increased to 110 per 100,000 births between 2010 and ...

  7. Pediatric intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    Correct staffing is the next vital component to a successful PICU. The nursing staff is highly experienced in providing care to the most critical patients. The nurse to patient ratio should remain low, meaning that the nurses should only be caring for 1-2 patients depending on the clinical status of the patients.

  8. Nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    They may act in that capacity, such as in the emergency department or in trauma care, but more often independently care for their patients or assist other nurses. [2] RNs treat patients, record their medical history, provide emotional support, and provide follow-up care. Nurses also help doctors perform diagnostic tests. [3]

  9. Eastern Maine Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the hospital's Maine State Nurses Association member staff went on strike, complaining of issues with the hospital's nurse-to-patient ratio. The hospital has a track record of poor relationships with the nurse's union; nurses had previously threatened to strike in 2007 over the same issue, but the strike was called off two days after ...