Why do they stay? job tenure among certified nursing assistants in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-210

  Wiener, Joshua M ^a   Squillace, Marie R ^b   Anderson, Wayne L ^a   Khatutsky, Galina ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

CNAs; Direct care workers; Job tenure; Long term care; Nursing homes; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66749181285     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp027     Document Type: Article

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