title: Ethics on the job. A survey. Quality vs. cost.
abstract: In this third installment in our series, nurses tell us how hospital cost-cutting measures have taken a bite out of quality of care, affecting everything from staffing levels to patient discharge to the availability of supplies. Depending on where you work, though, the news isn't all bad.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003363:Cost Control; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States