A1971

Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.

New Jersey A1971 establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals, ambulatory surgery facilities, and certain developmental and psychiatric facilities. The bill requires the Department of Health to adopt regulations setting minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, which vary by unit type, ranging from one nurse for every five patients in a medical/surgical unit to one nurse for every patient under anesthesia in an operating room.