title: What can HCAs be asked to do?
abstract: Who should determine the role of health care assistants (HCAs)? If not nurses then managers may decide on the basis of cheapest is best. However, if nurses are to decide it is vital that they understand just what health care assistants can and cannot do.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom