Changing patterns of male and female nurses' participation in the workforce

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 843-852

  Curtis, Lesley ^a   Robinson, Sarah ^b   Netten, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurses; Recruitment and retention; Workforce; Working lives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SEX FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349510732     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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