Nurse Education and the Retention of Registered Nurses in New South Wales

Economic Record

Volumn 86, Issue 274, 2010, Pages 396-413

  Cunich, Michelle ^a   Whelan, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77955766576     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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