Abstract
expressions of need included many questions about what part of the total care of patients is nursing and what part is not nursing. What are the functions of professional and practical nurses? Of auxiliary workers and others? What is an acceptable ratio of practical nurses to professional nurses? There are also questions about functions, ratios, and the like in the nursing care of medical, surgical, and other types of patients. And what about the nursing care needs of children and of adults during a 24-hour period? There is always an interest in finding the answers to these questions. Nurses, physicians, and hospital administrators all seek the answers. Small groups, sometimes associated with universities, have been working on these problems. Sometimes a lone worker has had a hunch, an hypothesis if you like, and has sought ways to test it in the work situation. Have we identified all the problems? she asks. Can we go further than just to assume that less skilled workers could
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