Sustaining care delivery--team nursing with intensive care assistants.
The Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool faced an acute nursing recruitment problem, which is accentuated in the specialist area of intensive care. To ensure that activity through the 20-bedded unit remains broadly in line with contracted levels, a number of initiatives were implemented to help maximise the financial and non-financial resources available.
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Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool, NHS Trust, Liverpool L14 3PE.
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D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce