Partners in nursing: A mentoring initiative to enhance nurse retention

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-255

  Cottingham, Stacy ^a,b   Di Bartolo, Mary C ^c   Battistoni, Susan ^c   Brown, Tina ^c  

^a Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Mentoring; Nursing shortage; Outreach; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MENTORS; NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052418709     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.4.250     Document Type: Article

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