Are nurses in CA glad they have a safe staffing law?

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I live in MA and we are about to vote whether to pass a safe staffing law. Nurses are so divided. The vote "no" people have been saying it didn't work in CA. I just wondered if that's true? Can anyone give me some feedback? Thank you.

Anyone who says that mandated ratios don't work in California are LYING to you! Most likely a ploy from hospital administrations who are fearing the costs of having to recruit and hire additional staff should a mandated ratio law pass. Ive been an RN in CA for 5 years, and while I don't know what it would be like to work in a state without ratios I have no desire to find out! I do remember when the law passed here (prior to me becoming an RN), hospitals were handing out multi-thousand dollar hiring bonuses in order to be in compliance. I suspect that this is what hospitals fighting against this are fearing.

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Yes. Ratio laws should be enforced in all states. I've heard FL gets at least 3 patients in the ICU (these are critically ill patients). Sometimes 4, I think. That's just unsafe. That's what you call task nursing.

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On 10/18/2018 at 12:22 PM, RN94 said:

I live in MA and we are about to vote whether to pass a safe staffing law. Nurses are so divided. The vote "no" people have been saying it didn't work in CA. I just wondered if that's true? Can anyone give me some feedback? Thank you.

are these divided nurses bedside or administration ex bedside nurses?

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On 2/13/2019 at 1:10 PM, OUxPhys said:

Does anyone know if the VA hospitals in CA use the ratio rule?

Depends on the VA. I interviewed at Long Beach back in 2011 and they said no because they have a lot of ancillary staff to help. I passed on the job.

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