Debate Over Best Way To Get More Nurses On Duty Continues.

a growing body of research has tied more nurse attention to better patient outcomes, from lower rates of infection to shorter hospital stays — which ultimately save money and can help hospitals avoid costly lawsuits.” However, the debate over the “best way to get more nurses on duty” has been going on “for decades and is likely to only get more intense as health-care reform extends coverage to more people, and creates new standards that hospitals have to meet.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2015/01/13/more-nurses-are-better-for-patients-why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-hospitals-to-hire-them/