Generational differences among newly licensed registered nurses

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Keepnews, David M ^a   Brewer, Carol S ^a   Kovner, Christine T ^a   Shin, Juh Hyun ^a  

^a Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954854626     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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