Texas nurse: State should pass ratio law
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
May 16, 2007
A letter to the editor of the Houston Chronicle outlined one nurse's rationale for supporting a nurse-patient ratio bill being considered in Texas.
The nurse in question, Carol Wetterauer, said nursing ratios would help to reduce infection rates in hospitals because it would free up nurses to offer better care to their patients. With fewer patients, nurses could do a better job washing their hands, changing dressings, and handling tubing lines, according to Wetterauer.
