Nurses' intent to leave the profession: Issues related to gender, ethnicity, and educational level

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Borkowski, Nancy ^a   Amann, Robert ^b   Song, Seok Ho ^b   Weiss, Cynthia ^c  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Gender; Intent to leave profession; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CAREER MOBILITY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NURSES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247196208     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000267793.47803.41     Document Type: Article

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