Nevada Governor Lombardo vetoes bill which would have established maximum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals
Nevada Governor Lombardo vetoes bill which would have established maximum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals
The Nevada Legislature has passed Senate Bill 182, establishing maximum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals across the state. However, Governor Joe Lombardo's vetoed and refused to sign it.
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This sounds like good news? Putting a cap on the number of nurses isn't the way to reduce understaffing. Or is this a reporter that can't math?
It's gotta be the latter because the former is insane. I suppose a maximum ratio could prevent well funded hospitals from scooping up all the nurses, but that's not something the nurses union would endorse.
Four out of three people struggle with math.
The article fucked it up. The bill (first version) says: "Section 8 of this bill establishes the maximum ratios for the number of patients that may be assigned to a direct care nurse at one time in certain hospitals in a county ... ".