Should I stay or should I go? Career change and labor force separation among registered nurses in the U.S.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1874-1881

  Nooney, Jennifer G ^a   Unruh, Lynn ^a   Yore, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career change; Nursing shortage; Registered nurses; Retention; Retirement; Survival analysis; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR SUPPLY; RETIREMENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSING SHORTAGE; REGISTERED NURSE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952675423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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