Increasing the proportion of RNs to the seventy-fifth percentile (option 1) would require hospitals below this level to replacemore than 37,000 FTE LPNs with RNs at an estimated cost of $811 million.
Increasing the proportion of RNs to theseventy-fifth percentile (option 1) would requirehospitals below this level to replacemorethan 37,000 FTE LPNs with RNs at an estimatedcost of $811 million.