New York Hospitals Will Now Assign Two Nurses to Every Critical Care Patient
Scrubs
JUNE 12, 2023
A 2021 study found that NY hospitals average one nurse per six patients, which is higher than the recommended ratio of one nurse for every four patients. But the law doesn’t apply to all departments in the state’s 212 hospitals, only critical care and intensive care units, which was seen as a compromise.
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