Measuring the nursing workforce: Clarifying the definitions

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 741-755

  Reinier, Kyndaron ^a   Val Palumbo, Mary ^a   McIntosh, Barbara ^a   Rambur, Betty ^a   Kolodinsky, Jane ^a   Hurowitz, Laurie ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing shortage; Nursing workforce; Turnover rate; Vacancy rate

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; TERMINOLOGY; VERMONT;

EID: 33644876894     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705281073     Document Type: Review

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