Planning for change: Developing a policy framework for nursing labour markets

International Nursing Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-206

  Buchan, James ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership Nursing Labour Markets; Recruitment; Retention; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0034566936     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2000.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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