Nurse recruitment and retention: Imperatives of imagining the future and taking a proactive stance

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-6

  Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547535948     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.24.2.iii     Document Type: Editorial

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