One of the legal issues that concern me as a student nurse is the Nurse-Patient Ratios and Mandatory Overtime Status. I have heard several people in the hospital talk about the ratio and how nurses are overworked and the nurse to ratio number is inadequate. In the course text book, it talks about how 42% of the nursing staff wants to quit their current job due to staffing issues in the workplace. About 70% of the work staff reported that they didn’t have time to plan and implement the required treatment for their patient. With this being said, they also missed assessment data on patients. Lawsuits have been increasing for inadequate staffing when the outcome is negative. Several cases have been won over this
