支持工作者的角色。

Nurs Stand. 1992;7(2):29-30.

The major contribution which nurses make to patient care could be enhanced still further if nurses' professional skills were used to the full. Advances in medical technology, faster patient throughput, increasing numbers of very elderly people and higher consumer expectations have changed and extended the demands on nurses and nursing.

如果能充分利用护士的专业技能，护士对患者护理的主要贡献还可以进一步提高。医疗技术的进步、患者周转率的加快、高龄患者数量的增加以及消费者期望的提高，已经改变并扩大了对护士及护理工作的要求。