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NURSING RATIOS

This paper has discussed about nursing ratios whereby it has combined various aspects of nursing homes, looking at the certification of the nursing homes, Healthcare systems, the patient’s safety act which the federal government together with researchers through it recognizes the significance of further addressing the nurse staffing standards

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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 NURSE TO PATIENT RATIOS 4
1.2 STATES WITH RATIOS 6
1.3 THE GOVERNMENT’S INVOLVEMENT 7
1.4 THE PRO AND CON OF MANDATORY RATIO 8
1.5 REFERENCES 11

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The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 came up with federal or national requirements that are supposed to be applied during the survey and the certification of nursing homes for the participation in Medicare as well as Medicaid. Charlene (2001) says that even though the certification or official recognition of the requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid programs are practically indistinguishable, the main distinction between them is that the standards that are used in granting waivers of the nursing staff requirements normally appear to be stricter under the Medicare as compared to under ...





... available proof does not back up the introduction of particular nurse-to-patient staffing ratios during this time; and the present literature greatly disagree with the governmental efforts that were approved by those who were rooting for mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. However, the (AHA), American Hospital Association alongside its individual member state associations have generally opposed the laws mandating any particular nurse-to-patient staffing ratio. Sheila Gibbons (2005) says that the AHA stated that nurse-to-patient staffing ratios trim down scheduling as well as the staffing flexibility.
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