California’s Nurse-Patient Ratio Law Saves Lives, Reduces Nursing Shortage

Every day, our members tell us about the difference these safer ratios are making in their patients’ lives. They clearly see the link between their political activism in 1998 and the improved quality of care they can deliver in 2008. This is a crystal-clear example of how vital nurses unions such as UNAC are in improving the lives of our patients and our communities.

Here’s a reason to celebrate the New Year—safer staffing in California hospitals, once again. As of Jan. 1, California’s historic staffing law for registered nurse staffing ratios, achieved through years of advocacy by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), completes its phase-in period.