The proposed staffing mandate from CMS, if finalized, would require that nursing homes hire close to 13,000 registered nurses (RNs) in just five years of implementation. These are new positions. Where are these 13,000 RNs going to come from? How will a publicly underfunded sector pay for them?

LeadingAge created this one-pager to provide data and information on how unfeasible the proposed staffing mandates would be.