title: Reduced resources and liability risks.
abstract: Cost-containment strategies have meant the loss of many registered nurse positions in health care facilities across Canada. Nurses are concerned about whether there will be enough adequately prepared professional health care staff to ensure safe, competent care consistent with professional nursing standards. Fears have arisen that substituting unregulated health care workers for nurses may pose a risk to the public that will lead to more lawsuits against nurses.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*