Revisiting nurse turnover costs: Adjusting for inflation

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Jones, Cheryl Bland ^a,b  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; COST SAVINGS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 38949155987     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000295636.03216.6f     Document Type: Review

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