Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality.pptx - NURSE STAFFING STANDARDS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE ACT OF 2017 H.R.2392 Sets

NURSE STAFFING STANDARDS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE ACT OF 2017

H.R.2392  Sets ratios within hospital at all times  Prohibits mandatory overtime  Allows nurses to refuse care (Congressional Research Service, 2017)

HISTORY  Modeled after a California law passed in 2004  National Nurses United sponsored both the California law and H.R.2392  After California law was passed nurses stated they cared for one to two fewer patients compared to other states that did not have the mandate (Mark et al., 2013).

BENEFITS  Hospitals with more nurses experience only a 29percent burnout compared to a 34 percent burnout rate with less nurses (Dorning, 2016).  Leads to 41 percent lower chance of penalization (McHugh, Berez, & Small, 2013)

BENEFITS  5 fewer deaths per 1000 patients with the increase of staff.  The each death was estimated to save $35,000 per death avoided and $3,500 per life year gained. (Shekelle, 2013)  Increase in staff leads to less medical errors, which can cost around $22,000- $28,000 in hospital expenses (Rothberg et al., 2005).