Workplace practices for retaining older hospital nurses: Implications from a study of nurses with eldercare responsibilities

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-129

  Rosenfeld, Peri ^a  

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Author keywords

Aging workforce; Eldercare; Employed caregivers; Hospital nursing

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547106271     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154407303497     Document Type: Article

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