title: The role of the support worker.
abstract: The major contribution which nurses make to patient care could be enhanced still further if nurses' professional skills were used to the full. Advances in medical technology, faster patient throughput, increasing numbers of very elderly people and higher consumer expectations have changed and extended the demands on nurses and nursing.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009732:Nursing Care; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*