Downsizing the hospital nursing workforce.
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TH E H O SP I T AL I N D U STR Y I N the United States is undergoing widespread reorganization that includes restructuring of the workforce. Surveys reveal that nurses now working in hospitals have serious concerns about the impact of such staffing changes on quality of care and the safety of patients. Media coverage of changes taking place in hospitals and hospital care echoes nurses’ warnings; Congress expressed
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Health affairs
دوره 15 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996