It has been created by refurbishing a general nursing ward which was closed two years ago.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Peter Carter described it as a "powerful and monumental" report.
Some would come from cuts in general payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, other providers, and drug companies.
His comments were echoed by Royal College of Nursing general secretary Peter Carter.
Dr Beverly Malone, Royal College of Nursing general secretary, welcomed the emphasis on giving ward sisters and charge nurses the authority to decide the staffing levels on wards.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Peter Carter agreed staffing was an issue and said he was disappointed there would not be a registration system for healthcare assistants.
The General Hospital, Family Nursing and the Jersey Hospice have donated out-of-date equipment.
They have not been released to relatives because autopsies are being performed as part of the state attorney general's investigation of nursing home deaths in Katrina's wake.
Dr Beverly Malone, General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing said the government's announcement could have serious long term implications.
Medical and nursing staff on these general intensive care wards could urgently be given training in how to care for young children instead of the usual adult patients they encounter, says the joint statement.
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Beverly Malone, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, warned that the ratings could do more damage than good.
Peter Carter, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, is concerned about what is happening and believes it is "certainly possible" failings albeit on not quite the scale of Stafford could be happening again.
Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, welcomed the new test, but said it was also important to keep supporting nurses, through training and resources, so they could keep doing their jobs to the best of their ability.
The guidelines have been prepared in consultation with the Mental After Care Association, mental health charity Mind, the National Schizophrenia Fellowship, the British Medical Association, public service union Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Earlier the committee heard from Paul Philip from the General Medical Council and Professor Tony Hazell from the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The Louisiana attorney general has requested autopsies of the dead found in nursing homes and hospitals after the storm to determine whether they died due to abandonment, negligence or euthanasia and whether criminal charges are warranted.
The Office of Inspector General's report was based on medical records from 190 patient visits to nursing homes in 42 states that lasted at least three weeks, which investigators said gave them a statistically valid sample of Medicare beneficiaries' experiences in skilled nursing facilities.
The Auditor General for Wales, the public spending watchdog, told AMs that not all health boards were meeting staffing levels for nursing and medical staff.
The new criteria replaces a set of 17 old criteria and focuses on specific issues that affect many nursing home residents, such as pressure ulcers, infections, self-reported pain, falls, and general well-being.
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