Effects of a preceptorship programme on turnover rate, cost, quality and professional development

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1217-1225

  Lee, Tso Ying ^a,b   Tzeng, Wen Chii ^c   Lin, Chia Huei ^c   Yeh, Mei Ling ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Medical Center   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Preceptorship; Professional development; Quality of care; Turnover cost; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 61849176099     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02662.x     Document Type: Article

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