title: Nurses: the saga continues.
abstract: Some nurses are claiming that patient-focused work redesign models sacrifice quality of care for cost efficiency. While they have some valid concerns, others see legitimate reasons for using unlicensed assistive personnel at the bedside as the role of nursing changes within hospitals.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce