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California Is Overriding Its Limits On Nurse Workloads As COVID-19 Surges

KQED | By April Dembosky
Published December 30, 2020 at 7:00 AM MST

The state has a law strictly regulating nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals. But the governor recently said hospitals could lift those limits in pandemic times, and nurses are crying foul.

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