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Position statement on the role of health care assistants who are involved in direct patient care activities within critical care areas
Author(s) -
Meaghen Ashby,
Sherry Bowman,
Kate Bray,
Jessica Campbell,
Kathryn Phillips Campbell,
G Leaver,
Tracy Pilcher,
P. Gayle Pratt,
Catherine Plowright,
Louise M. Stewart
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1046/j.1478-5153.2003.00001.x
Subject(s) - nursing , position statement , critical care nursing , scope (computer science) , health care , medicine , scope of practice , intensive care , position (finance) , position paper , work (physics) , statement (logic) , family medicine , intensive care medicine , political science , business , mechanical engineering , finance , pathology , computer science , law , programming language , engineering
Summary• Intensive care has developed as a speciality since the 1950s, and during this time, there have been major technological advances in health care provision, leading to a rapid expansion of all areas of critical care • The ongoing problem in recruiting qualified nurses in general has affected, and continues to be a problem for, all aspects of critical care areas • During the past decade, nursing practice has evolved, as qualified nurses have expanded their own scope of practice to develop a more responsive approach to the complex care needs of the critically ill patient • The aim of this paper is to present the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) position statement on the role of health care assistants involved in direct patient care activities, and to address some of the key work used to inform the development of the position statement