The costs of recruiting: Reflections of a bean counter

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-255

  Cole, Catherine S ^a   Doan, Cathy ^a   Ballinger, Nola ^a   Brown, Ginger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARKANSAS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 75749119349     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090803-02     Document Type: Article

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