Nurse Rally in Phoenix

by denaa

(Tucson, AZ) -- Arizona nurses will rally in Phoenix Tuesday to promote a bill that would set limits on the number of patients a nurse could have under her care in a hospital. The Arizona Patient Protection Act would set a limit of four patients to every one nurse as a minimum for hospital care. If passed, the state would be the second state to enact such a law, with California as the first. University Medical and UPH in the Tucson area say the bill would have little effect on them, as they already meet the standards of the law. Tucson Medical says they meet the individual standards as required by level of care needed for each patient.