Reasons for leaving nursing: A study among Turkish nurses

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Gök, Ayşen Uǧur ^a   Kocaman, Gülseren ^b  

^a Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leaving the profession; Nurse retention; Nursing; Reasons for leaving

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051599728     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.39.1.65     Document Type: Article

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