title: Rural nurses. Part I, Surviving cost containment.
abstract: Rural nurses from 13 small hospitals share their work lives and concerns. Five years of cost-containment have left them undaunted, but they worry about the financial viability of their hospitals. Their unique brand of nurse shortage has added an additional load that appears surmountable only through financial means, which have also disappeared through cost-containment. This is the story of "frontier nurses" and their fight to maintain an American institution.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fuszard
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Slocum
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wiggers
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003363:Cost Control; D004465:Economic Competition; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D006761:Hospitals; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires