New York Times, noting link between nurse staffing and mortality, urges hospitals to address critical nursing shortage by reporting nurse-patient ratios
October 25, 2002 -- A New
York Times editorial, reacting to nurse researcher Linda
Aiken's study establishing a strong link between nurse staffing and
patient mortality, explains the gravity of the nursing shortage, examines
possible solutions, and calls on hospitals to report their nurse-patient
ratios "so that prospective patients can decide where to take their
chances."
See the editorial "Dying for Lack of Nurses."