Nursing staff turnover at a Swedish university hospital: An exploratory study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3181-3189

  Sellgren, Stina F ^a,b   Kajermo, Kerstin N ^b   Ekvall, Göran ^c   Tomson, Göran ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Individual needs; Nurses; Nursing; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349918148     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02770.x     Document Type: Article

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