Reasons for entering and leaving nursing: An Australian regional study

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-13

  Eley, Robert ^a   Eley, Diann ^b   Rogers Clark, Cath ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Toowoomba Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career choice; Nurses; Recruitment; Retention; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049300572     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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