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Replacing Nurses With Assistants Tied to More Deaths

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871958
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[h=1]Replacing Nurses With Assistants Tied to More Deaths[/h] Ricki Lewis, PhD
November 16, 2016
Substituting nursing assistants for professional nurses in acute care hospitals in Europe is linked to poorer quality of care and increased mortality, according to a report published online November 15 in BMJ Quality & Safety.
Studies based on US hospital populations show that increasing the proportion of less highly trained nursing personnel adversely affects patient care. Data from European hospitals have been sparse, however...
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