Although it was born in the adversarial relationships of collective bargaining, it has evolved to a unique experiment that is designed to create employment security for workers, quality health care for consumers and an increased volume of business for the company. The most exciting and challenging aspect for UNAC is working with Kaiser as equals to open the new Baldwin Park Hospital in Southern California. We are involved on the ground floor as partners determining the physical layout, equipment, skill mix and hiring patterns of the facility. Today and Tomorrow Nursing homes are the new acute care settings. Hospitals are ICU factories.
Home care is the deregulated new frontier.
RNs are called mid-level practitioners and should have master s degrees.