Increased use of unlicensed assistive personnel: Pros and cons

Zimmermann, Polly Gerber

doi:10.1016/s0099-1767(05)80271-5

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“…1993, Prescott 1993, Barter & Furmidge 1994, Blouin & Brent 1995, Knox et al. 1995, Zimmerman 1995, Krapohl & Larson 1996, Wunderlich et al. 1996, Sovie & Jawad 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

Nursing staff mix models and outcomes

Hall

2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…1993, Prescott 1993, Barter & Furmidge 1994, Blouin & Brent 1995, Knox et al. 1995, Zimmerman 1995, Krapohl & Larson 1996, Wunderlich et al. 1996, Sovie & Jawad 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

Nursing staff mix models and outcomes

Hall

2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…There is a view that this may threaten the quality of generic nursing care and the nurses’ generic caring role. A review of the UK (McKenna 1995) and US literature (Zimmerman 1995) found little evidence that the use of a HCA role improved the quality of client care.…”

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Generic and specialist nursing roles in the community: an investigation of professional and lay views

McKenna

Keeney

Bradley

2003

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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In the UK, a number of policy documents have sought to outline and clarify the role of the community nurse in the past 10 years. Furthermore, the increasing specialisation of community nursing has been the topic of much debate in the UK and Ireland. The present study aimed to investigate the perceptions of community nurses, general practitioners (GPs), members of the public, and senior strategists and policy-makers in relation to specialist and generalist nursing roles within community nursing in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Focus groups were undertaken with community nurses (n = 38), GPs (n = 14) and public representatives (n = 8). This was followed by a two-stage Delphi investigation using self-report questionnaires with the same samples. In addition, data were collected from 34 senior policy-makers using a semi-structured interview schedule. The results uncovered a mix of views. While there was much negativity about specialisation, the participants felt that the move away from generalism was unavoidable. There was concern that specialisation, whilst welcome in some areas, would lead to role conflict, role overlap and role confusion. Findings from this study have the potential to inform the specialisation-generalism debate within and outside the UK and Ireland. Recommendations are suggested for future policy and practice.

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“…However, very few hospitals can afford this so‐called primary nursing care model. According to Zimmermann (1995), the average yearly salary for a NA is $15,000 USD, compared to $36,618 USD for a RN. In Taiwan, a NA earns about $10,000 USD yearly, compared to $25,000 USD for a nurse.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, 97% of the hospitals in the United States of America (USA) have changed their nursing care models by using NAs to perform care tasks with low skill requirements under the supervision of Registered Nurses (RNs) (Jung et al. 1994, McLaughlin & Thomas 1995, Zimmermann 1995). The skill mix practice model for nursing mixes appropriate proportions of NAs with RNs in clinical practice to perform nursing care.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, it is inevitable that the nursing practice model be reformed to properly account for the increasing health care costs. Much more effective control of hospital costs has been reported (Zimmermann 1995), together with higher job satisfaction for nursing professionals (McGillis 2003) and increased customer satisfaction (Jung et al. 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

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