Comparing nurses' intent to leave or stay: Differences of practice environment perceptions

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Lin, Shu Yuan ^a   Chiang, Hui Ying ^c,d   Chen, Ia Ling ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employment retention; Nursing practice environment; Nursing turnover; Retention of nurses; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82455167835     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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