Unlicensed assistive personnel in the critical care unit: What is their role?

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-246

  Chaboyer, Wendy ^a   McMurray, Anne ^a   Patterson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care nursing; Nursing assistants; Quality care; Unlicensed assistive personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB DESCRIPTION; LICENSURE, NURSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032226981     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.1998.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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