District nursing--who will care in the future?
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چکیده
Despite the well established policy of ‘shifting’ care from hospitals to the community[1], the overall proportion of nursing staff employed to provide general nursing care to people in their own homes has changed little. Specifically, the number of District Nurses is reported to have decreased by 40% in the last decade[2]. In this Policy+, we review data on the district nursing workforce, look at the issues to be considered in planning, and ask whether we will have the workforce needed to provide district nursing care in the future.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing times
دوره 109 43 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013