Retaining an aging nurse workforce: Perceptions of human reource practices

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Palumbo, Mary Val ^a   Mcintosh, Barbara ^a   Rambur, Betty ^b   Naud, Shelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949156840     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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