The modernization of the nursing workforce : valuing the healthcare assistant /
Ian Kessler, Paul Heron, Sue Dopson.
- 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
1. Understanding the healthcare assistant role -- 2. Healthcare assistants: policy objectives and evidence base -- 3. Research focus, design, and methods -- 4. Healthcare assistants as a strategic resource -- 5. Backgrounds of healthcare assistants -- 6. The shape and nature of the healthcare assistant role -- 7. Consequences for healthcare assistants -- 8. Consequences for nurses -- 9. Consequences for patients -- 10. Summary and conclusions.