California was the first state to mandate nurse-to-patient ...

[frankwu]

California was the first state to mandate nurse-to-patient staffing:
 
  a. plans. c. patterns.
  b. ratios. d. departments.

Question 2

Whose responsibility is it to schedule staff?
 
  a. Staff members themselves c. Nurse manager
  b. Nursing scheduling office d. Director of Nursing

[Juro]

Answer to Question 1

B
By January 2005, California hospitals were required to meet a 1:5 staffing ratio in all medical-surgical
units by the California legislature. Similar legislation is pending in other states.

Answer to Question 2

C
Scheduling of staff is the responsibility of the nurse manager. Scheduling may be overseen by the
nursing department's staffing and scheduling office. Staff may become involved in self-scheduling,
which is a process in which staff on a unit collectively decide and implement the monthly work
schedule. The ultimate responsibility of self-scheduling still falls to the nurse manager. The fiscal
department may be a resource for financial staffing software, but it is ultimately the responsibility the
nurse manager to schedule staff.