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Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) by Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current global nursing shortage. Opponents claim that ratios will unfairly burden hospital budgets, while reducing management flexibility in addressing patient needs. </p><p>Safety in Numbers is the first bo
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It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton
- Publisher
- Ithaca: ILR Press/Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801446832
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Medical, Management, Nursing
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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