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9515653

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
With the implementation of Project 2000 in the UK the traditional student nurse workforce has largely been replaced by health care assistants (HCAs). This study was carried out in Hong Kong at a time when university-based nurse education is gradually being introduced. Evaluation of a HCA pilot programme in an acute care hospital in Hong Kong provided the opportunity to examine the work of HCAs and hospital-based student nurses during the gradual introduction of university-based nurse education. The data used in this paper were drawn from a larger study evaluating the use of HCAs. The observational data collected at two phases after the introduction of HCAs were analysed using Kruskal-Wallis one way analysis of variance. No significant differences were found in the total amount of all types of activity performed by SNs and HCAs. However in the direct care type of work HCAs performed significantly more basic care and less technical activity than any level of student at phase 1 (P < 0.001) and phase 2 (P < 0.001). These differences in the work undertaken suggest that qualified staff do not perceive SNs and HCAs as equally unqualified. Thus the replacement of SNs with HCAs alone is likely to lead to a notable change in the role of qualified staff in terms of their direct and indirect care activities and in the amount of time spent delegating and supervising unqualified staff.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0309-2402
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
399-405
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Can health care assistants replace student nurses?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article