Nurse-to-patient ratios to take effect March 1; groups skeptical

New standards for nurse-to-patient ratios in local hospitals for different shifts, supported by a "12-point incentive program," will take effect on March 1, but a nurses' union and hospital association were skeptical that the initiative will work.

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