TY - BOOK AU - Kessler,Ian AU - Heron,Paul AU - Dopson,Sue TI - The modernization of the nursing workforce: valuing the healthcare assistant SN - 9780191651854 AV - RT42 U1 - 610.73 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Oxford PB - Oxford Univ. Press KW - Nursing KW - Great Britain KW - Nurses KW - Nurses' aides N1 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=475448 ER -