Factors influencing the retention and turnover intentions of registered nurses in a Singapore hospital

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-121

  Chan, Ee Yuee ^a   Morrison, Paul ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leavers; Nursing shortage; Registered nurses; Retention; Singapore; Stayers; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041644710     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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