Impact of the RCT proposal on specialty nursing practice.
The nursing shortage is clearly the major human resource challenge facing our practice today. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), the RCT plan is intended to be an innovative solution to the shortage of bedside personnel and will prove to be timely, cost-effective and efficient. The impact of this proposal and others involving the use of clinically assistive personnel in health care facilities today is a concern for all nurses. The author addresses the latest solutions to the nursing shortage and the effect of such programs on the specialty of intravenous nursing.
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