Our hospital has added 500 new RN positions and
we rarely use registry or travelers
"I work in a medical unit where a majority of our patients are diabetic and require
lots of teaching and monitoring. Our night shift RNs used to have nine to 12 patients
before the ratios were in effect. We could never keep a core nursing staff on nights.
As a result of the ratio law we don't have more than five patients which gives us the
time we need to do patient teaching and has dramatically improved patient out-
comes and nurse retention. Our hospital has added 500 new RN positions and we
rarely use registry or travelers."
— Mary Bailey, RN
Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, California
