Professional issues. The utilization of the healthcare assistant role in intensive care.
The increasing role of healthcare assistants (HCAs) in intensive care in relation to patient monitoring has raised concerns among some clinical managers, particularly where such roles are not underpinned by a sound knowledge base and critical reasoning ability. This article describes a study which w...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 9; no. 12; pp. 794 - 802 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
6/22/2000
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