Arizona nurses protest in favor of Patient Protection Act
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
February 20, 2008
Nurses in Arizona took to the state's capitol to protest in favor of the Arizona Patient Protection Act, which would mandate a nurse-to-patient ratio statewide, reports The Arizona Republic. Currently, Arizona hospitals have the authority to decide how many patients to whom nurses can be assigned.About 60 nurses protested in a demonstration organized by the National Nurses Organizing Committee to promote patient and staff safety. The proposed law would only allow four patients to every nurse in a psychiatric unit. A similar law was enacted in California in 2005, according to the Republic.
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