The nursing shortage: Is it really about image?

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-108

  Seago, Jean Ann ^a   Spetz, Joanne ^b,c   Alvarado, Andrew ^d   Keane, Dennis ^e   Grumbach, Kevin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Community Health Systems ^*  (United States)

^c Center for California Health Workforce Studies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Center for the Health Professions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PUBLIC IMAGE; PUBLIC OPINION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33645222881     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-200603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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