The professional issue to be address is how to prevent nursing burnout, increased turnover rates, and the decrease of quality in patient care through the appropriate nurse to patient ratio. Having the right amount of nurses providing care for a reasonable number of patients at a time will help decrease the serious health issues of a nurse; thus lowering turnover rates by “increasing the longevity of nursing careers” (Martin, 2011). Doing so allows health care providers to grant the care all patients need and deserve. Nurse-to-patient ratio arises to a questionable discussion of the practice of nonmaleficence and beneficence (Martin, 2011). Nurses are required to uphold ethical principles of nonmaleficence, where they are to avoid doing
