Canadian cancer nurses' views on recruitment and retention

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Bakker, Debra ^a   Butler, Lorna ^b   Fitch, Margaret ^c   Green, Esther ^d   Olson, Karin ^a   Cummings, Greta ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^d Cancer Care Ontario   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health human resources; Recruitment; Retention; Work environments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956122823     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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