“Take charge of your health. If you don’t nobody else will”. These are the unforgotten words my mother had instilled in my young mind during my younger days! I didn’t realized the effect of those not till I entered in the medical profession! That’s because in this brave new world of managed care, keeping qualified nurses and achieving safe nurse staffing, often takes precedence over providing quality patient care. Ironically, while the science of nursing has flourished in recent years, nurse-patient communication has suffered under managed care. More often than not, institution may place strict limits on the amount of time a nurse spends with each patient due to shortage of nurses
