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  • Title: Workforce dilemmas: a comparison of staffing in a generalist and a specialist intensive care unit.
    Author: Beattie J, Calpin-Davies PJ.
    Journal: Intensive Crit Care Nurs; 1999 Feb; 15(1):52-7. PubMed ID: 10401341.
    Abstract:
    Intensive care units are arguably one of the most costly resources a hospital has to maintain in terms of nursing staff, skills and technology. Given that the Government's agenda on quality remains one of obtaining cost-effective healthcare, it is imperative that nursing managers consider the implications of the new policy shift for how they currently provide services. The purpose in this paper is to compare the different staffing levels adopted by managers in generalized and neurosurgical intensive care in an acute hospital trust. The dilemmas facing managers making staffing decisions without any definitive guidelines for resourcing these specialized units are examined.
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