title: Nursing home staffing: is there a nurse in the house?
abstract: With an ever-increasing emphasis on cost containment, the health care industry has been expanding its use of unlicensed personnel. The danger of substituting unlicensed assistive personnel for registered nurses threatens the public's ability to secure the full range of nursing care services.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007884:Legislation, Nursing; D008119:Lobbying; D008824:Michigan; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D000078329:Workforce