Does a 'shadow workforce' of inactive nurses exist?

Nursing Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 231-238

  McIntosh, Barbara ^a   Val Palumbo, Mary ^a   Rambur, Betty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERMONT;

EID: 33750875944     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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