Moving on, up, or out: Changing work needs of new RNs at different stages of their beginning nursing practice

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pellico, Linda Honan ^a   Djukic, Maja ^b   Kovner, Christine Tassone ^c   Brewer, Carol S ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Management; Nurse retention; Nurses work perception; Nursing; Professional practice; Qualitative research; Registered nurses; Turnover; Work environment; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958013726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No01Man08     Document Type: Article

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