← See Pat Ryan's full record
H.R.3415 Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety Act
Sets minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals to improve patient safety (119th Congress)
View on Congress.govLegal & Constitutional Grounding
Each additional patient per nurse raises 30-day mortality by 7% (JAMA 2002; Lancet 2014).
Aiken et al., JAMA 288(16) (2002) — 7% mortality increase per additional patient
- Lancet 383(9931) (2014) — replicated across nine European countries
Sets minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals. Evidence shows adequate nurse staffing reduces patient mortality by 14-24% and decreases burnout-driven turnover in the nursing workforce.