Unlicensed assistive personnel: A solution to dwindling health care resources or the precursor to the apocalypse of registered nursing?

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Huston, Carol L ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030097430     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80052-2     Document Type: Article

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