Agency nursing in Melbourne, Australia: A telephone survey of hospital and agency managers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 504-512

  Peerson, Anita ^a   Aitken, Robyn ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Parker, Judith ^a   Wong, Kitty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency nursing; Australia; Hospitals; Nursing agencies; Recruitment; Retention; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036884518     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02407.x     Document Type: Article

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