Final Rule on Posting of Nurse Staffing

Posting the numbers forces facilities to comply.As long as you are in compliance then I don't see how the numbers alone will contribute to law suits.It's a good quality control indicator.I do agree that the regs make it easy for facilities to get creative with their staffing-I left a fpr profit LTC because of that....

We've been doing this for several years - unsure if we did it d/t federal or state law, but anyway, it's not new to me. It has never really been an issue either. Have never heard a family/visitor make even one comment about this. Ours is posted in the main lobby right by the front door and is easily viewed by anyone. I guess overall, it's probably a good thing - keeps facilities honest. AFter all, usually we are all b!t@%ing about not having enough staff and now facilities are forced to prove that they actually do have adequate staffing.

Its a law. Not doing it would be a problem. Its also easy to find out anyway. Before we would post it, some families would just do a head count on thier own.