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Project in Policy, Politics, and Global Health Trends
C159
Western Governors University
, Policy, Politics, and Global Health Trends
A1. Public Policy Issue
Having a minimum nurse-to-patient staffing requirement in acute care hospitals is a
policy that needs to be implemented in Utah to address inappropriate staffing levels. I selected
this public policy issue because I have witnessed and have been a part of nursing resources being
overwhelmed and unsafe. 14 states currently have legislation that address nurse staffing in
hospitals, Utah is currently not one of them.
Safe nurse staffing is relevant to the nursing profession because it can create problems
with safety and effect patient outcomes. High quality patient care is the goal of nurses and
healthcare organizations. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to examine the
relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes. This study looked at specific outcomes
including failure to rescue (incidents where physicians, nurses, or caregivers fail to notice a
change of condition or respond appropriately to signs that a patient is dying of preventable
complications), falls with injury, pressure ulcer incidence, catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTI), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The results from the study
showed benefits of lower nurse to patient ratios were reduction in medication errors, patient
mortality, hospital readmissions, and length of stay. Safety outcomes were improved by reducing
incidents of falls, pressure ulcers, and healthcare-associated infections. Reduced patient care
costs were seen through avoidance of unplanned readmissions and prevention of nurse turnover
(Driscoll, 2018).
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