Generic rehabilitation assistants : will rehabilitation nurses take up the challenge? Ostaszkiewicz, Joan 2006, Generic rehabilitation assistants : will rehabilitation nurses take up the challenge?, Australasian rehabilitation nurses association. Official journal, vol. 9, no. 2, Winter, pp. 12-13. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Generic rehabilitation assistants : will rehabilitation nurses take up the challenge? Author(s) Ostaszkiewicz, Joan orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-4493 Journal name Australasian rehabilitation nurses association. Official journal Volume number 9 Issue number 2 Season Winter Start page 12 End page 13 Publisher Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association Inc. Place of publication Surry Hills, Vic. Publication date 2006 ISSN 1440-3994 Summary This paper provides an overview of some of the issues that need to be considered in the context of a declining health workforce. It outlines some of the arguments for and against the introduction of generic health workers and more specifically, for the role of generic rehabilitation - assistant. It is argued that rehabilitation nurses, amongst others, are well placed to take an active role in the development of innovative interdisciplinary models of care that enhance patient outcomes as they transect the continuum of care. Failure to do so will be at the peril of rehabilitation nursing. Language eng Field of Research 111004 Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses' Association Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003810 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 19 Jan 2009, 13:39:11 EST Mon, 05 Oct 2009, 14:58:21 EST Mon, 05 Oct 2009, 15:01:08 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 11:13:19 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:37:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 674 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:03:49 EST