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R L Phelps

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The nursing care technician program. An education process for nurse extenders.

The Nursing Care Technician Program at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, is specifically designed to enable the nurse to plan, provide, and evaluate patient care while delegating tasks to assistive personnel. This article describes the institution's approach to role development, reviews the planning, implementation, and evaluation process, and provides an analysis of associated costs, benefits, and patient outcomes of the program.

Cost-Benefit Analysis↗

A working model for nursing staff development.

A working model for nursing staff development used currently in a major teaching hospital in the south is presented. It explores six challenges facing hospital education departments and, using the model as a framework, provides strategies for effective interventions and creative solutions to the problems facing nursing currently.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗