The gap between education preferences and hiring practices

Nursing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Weinberg, Dana Beth ^a   Cooney Miner, Dianne ^b   Perloff, Jennifer N ^b   Bourgoin, Michael ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84855180631     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000399676.35805.f8     Document Type: Article

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