Nurse to patient ratio - state regulations

Florida is as long as 1 body to a pt and 1 RN is in the building. So you can have 12 patients with 1 RN and 2 pcts and is legal. Florida sucks in ratios and it's "at will" state laws.

I would love to be able to get more involved in these issues on the state/federal level. I see all the hipe for hospital nurses but never any relation to chronic dialysis, ltc, etc. I'm finding more and more even the nursing associations dont look at these areas and continue to concentrate on hospital staffing and working conditions. Heck I was surprised how many nurses dont have a clue how many dialysis clinics much less there are even dialysis clinics in thier areas!! I didnt know until I hit a website for Davita during a job search years ago. Several were only miles from my home and I didnt know they existed.