Is there a crisis in nursing retention in New South Wales?

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Doiron, Denise ^a,b   Hall, Jane ^b   Jones, Glenn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

EID: 52749089836     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-5-19     Document Type: Article

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