The relationship between healthy work environments and retention of nurses in a hospital setting

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Ritter, Desiree ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Healthy work environment; Job satisfaction; Magnet; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651360799     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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