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Are health care assistants part of the long-term solution to the nursing workforce deficit in Kenya?

This commentary article addresses a critical issue facing Kenya and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC): how to remedy deficits in hospitals’ nursing workforce. Would employing health care assistants (HCAs) provide a partial solution? This article first gives a brief introduction to the Ke...

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Autores principales:	Fitzgerald, Louise, Gathara, David, McKnight, Jacob, Nzinga, Jacinta, English, Mike
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2020
Materias:	Commentary
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7576771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33081790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00523-6

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