Nurses who do not nurse: Factors that predict non-nursing work in the U.S. registered nursing labor market

Nursing Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-254

  Black, Lisa ^a   Spetz, Joanne ^b,c   Harrington, Charlene ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for California Health Workforce Studies   (United States)

^d Department of Sociology and Nursing ^*  (United States)

^e Doctoral Program in Nursing Health Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957314345     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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