Nurse attrition as a process

Health Care Manager

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-283

  Crow, Stephen M ^a   Hartman, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attracting and retaining nurses; Attrition; Realistic job previews; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27144539326     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200507000-00012     Document Type: Article

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