title: Nurses' narratives of outcomes after delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel.
abstract: Although unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) have been a part of health care teams for decades, today's UAP are assisting in the care of more acutely ill clients who are being discharged after shorter hospital stays. This qualitative study examined nurses' narratives of patient outcomes after delegation of activities to UAP and identified the factors leading to the outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA. tss2@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Standing
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hertz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D015399:Nursing Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires