A comparison of nursing tasks undertaken by regulated nurses and nursing support workers: a work sampling study.

Michael Anthony RocheSarah FriedmanChristine DuffieldDiane E TwiggRebecca Cook

Published in: Journal of advanced nursing (2016)

Nursing support workers were given tasks that required substantial amounts of patient interaction. These staff may be associated with an increase in direct care tasks for licensed/regulated nurses, who may duplicate the direct care done by nursing support workers.

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