Abstract
This paper focuses on the effects of the new nurse-staffing law passed in California. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of the enactment of the law. The author also reviews the impact that the staffing laws are having on the future of nursing care.

From the Paper
"They also had to make decisions as to whether their budgets could afford this and whether certain amount of beds or possibly even whole wards would need to be shut down, at least for the time being. This could hurt patients needing medical treatment, but in general would likely improve the care that they received and the waiting times that they were forced to endure, simply because there would be more people available to deal with them. By reducing the flexibility of nurse staffing, however, many of those that operate hospitals in the state of California believe that the amount of patients that they will be able to see will actually decrease. This will obviously be a problem for those needing medical care in that state (Benson, 1999; Leighty, 2004)."

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