Retaining primary and community nurses over the age of 50 years: The views of managers

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 975-985

  Leese, Brenda ^b   Storey, Claire ^c   Cheater, Francine ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Research in Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older nurses; Primary and community care; Retention; Strategies; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL NURSING;

EID: 70450184572     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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