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Low RN staffing levels are associated with changes in quality and quantity of staff-patient interactions. When RN staffing is low, increases in assistant staff levels are not associated with improved quality of staff-patient interactions. Beneficial effects from adding assistant staff are likely to be dependent on having sufficient RNs to supervise, limiting the scope for substitution.
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