I'm a nursing educator in a large California hospital, where we're in the throes of implementing AB 394. This nursing ratio legislation is a prime example of fixing a problem by putting a bandage on it. Legislation to improve nurse/patient ratios would be a grand idea if this same legislation included programs, plans, and money to recruit and retain nurses. We can't pull nurses out of our caps. We're already suffering from a tremendous shortage; now we're going to be penalized for it. Politics at its finest!!