Nur-300 Unsafe Patient To Nurse Ratio: Milestone Two Paper (Shnu) - Graded A++

This study source was downloaded by 100000859819779 from CourseHero.com on 02-07-2023 11:05:52 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/187031110/Unsafe-Patient-to-Nurse-Ratiodocx/ 1Unsafe Patient to Nurse Ratio: Milestone Two Ashley ShermanNursing, Southern New Hampshire UniversityNUR-300 Scholarly InquiryDr. Angela SmithNovember 20, 2022This study source was downloaded by 100000859819779 from CourseHero.com on 02-07-2023 11:05:52 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/187031110/Unsafe-Patient-to-Nurse-Ratiodocx/Unsafe nurse to patient ratio: Milestone TwoThis milestone will continue to examine the issue of unsafe nurse to patient ratio in the nursing practice. Legal implications, ethical implications, finance, quality patient care, and nursing safetychallenges are among the aspects of healthcare that will be linked.Legal ImplicationsUnsafe nurse to patient ratio not only causes stress to the nurses and cause an unsafe work environment but can also lead to legal implications. With some many patients to one nurse mistakes are more commonly going to happen. Nurses who have an unsafe nurse-to-patient ratiomay be held liable for mistakes made for a variety of reasons. Poor wellbeing and moderate to high levels of burnout are associated, in the majority of studies reviewed, with poor patient safety outcomes such as medical errors (Hall et al.,2016). When nurses are exhausted or overworked, it is not only the nurse who suffers, but also their patients. When nurses are overworked, they may