January 17, 2005: California: Nurses headed to Sacramento:"Group opposes Schwarzenegger's changing of part of safe staffing law. Lobbying in Sacramento for safe staffing ratios has become somewhat of a hobby for registered nurses in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Much to their chagrin, they'll be flying to the state's capital again today. This time it won't just be on the Capitol's steps. About 1,000 Southern California nurses 100 to 200 from local medical facilities hope to testify before the state's Department of Health Services. The nurses want to keep intact a provision of the 1999 safe staffing law that requires a one-nurse-per-five-patient ratio on medical and surgical floors."
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Andrew Lopez, RN
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