In 2004, California became the first state to enact mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios. These ratios increase the need for trained registered nurses, increasing opportunities for the employment of foreign-born RNs in California.
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General Resources on the Nurse-Patient Staffing Ratios
- Changes to the Minimum Licensed Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Effective January 1, 2008 (10-01-07)
- Coalition for Nursing Careers in California
- AB394 Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios (California State)
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Carl Shusterman served as an INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) before opening a firm specializing exclusively in US immigration law. He is a Certified Specialist in Immigration Law who has testified as an expert witness before the US Senate Immigration Subcommittee. Carl was featured in the February 2018 edition of SuperLawyers Magazine.