been to mandate nurse staffing ratios. In 1999 California became the first state to mandate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals. California is not the only state to enact minimum nurse staffing ratios for hospitals‚ over the past four years at least eighteen other states have considered legislation regarding nurse staffing in hospitals. Policymakers are forced to consider alternatives to nurses ratios due to nurse shortages. Whether minimum staffing ratios will improve working conditions
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The P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) of a stock is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual net income or profit earned by the firm per share. It is a financial ratio used for valuation. P/E ratio shows current investor demand for a company share. P/E ratio has units of years. P/E is the most popular metric of stock analysis. The reciprocal of the PE ratio is known as the earnings yield. There are various P/E ratios‚ all defined as: P/E ratio = PRICE
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Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support for mandatory-patient
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Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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Convections Currents The main idea that I would like you to get from this set of notes is that convection currents are a swirling motion of a fluid that needs a heat source and a cold source to work. The rest of the notes will deal with supporting this idea and giving some examples of convections currents here on earth. Once the earth collects enough material it will start to get so heavy that it compresses inward toward the center of gravity a lot. This smashing of
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Ratio Analysis Paper Ratios describe the various relationships among accounts in the balance sheet and income statement. Financial ratios are important and helpful gauges of how an organization is functioning. An organization’s financial health‚ potential revenue‚ and even possible bankruptcy can be garnered from financial ratios. Information derived from financial statements is used to calculate most ratios and make projections. “Ratios help investors and lenders determine the risk associated
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Chemistry Experiment 6 Mole Ratio in a Chemical Reaction Background: Mole ratios of reactants are often times figured out by the use of the other products in a chemical equation. However‚ in the instance that the products’ mole ratios are unknown‚ it can be determined through the experiment. This method is called continuous variations. In this lab‚ I determined the mole ratio between Sodium Hypochlorite and Sodium Thiosulfate by using continuous variations of ratios in a given volume. This reaction
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Comparative and Ratio Analysis ACC/561 June 2‚ 2014 Seth Jardine Comparative and Ratio Analysis Introduction Comparative and ratio analysis are two of the most common types of analyses used in examining a company’s fiscal records‚ and both used the same information contained in a firm’s financial statements. This paper is written better understand the role of each type of analysis in evaluating a company this paper expounds on such involvement.
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Current Event This current event article is about the Supreme Court’s rule that allows people to give political campaigns money. The 5-4 ruling eliminated limits on how much money people can donate in total in one election season. However‚ the decision left intact the current $5‚200 limit on how much an individual can give to any single candidate during a two-year election cycle. Until now‚ an individual donor could give up to $123‚200 per cycle. The ruling means a wealthy liberal or conservative
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4-2 Why would the inventory turnover ratio be more important for someone analyzing a grocery store chain than an insurance company? The inventory turnover ratio is important to a grocery store because of the much larger inventory required and because some of that inventory is perishable. An insurance company would have no inventory to speak of since its line of business is selling insurance policies or other similar financial products--contracts written on paper and entered into between the company
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