Temp Workers Becoming An Increasing Threat To Nursing Home Patients' Safety
As if we need another reason to be concerned over nursing home patient safety, an article in the L.A. Times on temporary nurses in hospitals and nursing homes will surely make you cringe. A desire to run a streamlined operation and the inherent uncertainly of required staffing levels has resulted in a booming temporary staffing industry-- in particular with nurses. Unregulated and widely unknown, there are an estimated 3,000 to 6,000 temp. agencies in what is believed to be an industry that takes in more than $4 billion per year--- and growing. Though there are certainly many highly qualified...
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