Why are nurses leaving nursing?

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-171

  Sumner, Jane ^a   Townsend Rocchiccioli, Judith ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; emotion; medical profession; moral distress; nursing; professional exodus; retention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MORALS; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038282357     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200304000-00010     Document Type: Article

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