Newly licensed nurses: A look at their first 18 months

Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Pinchera, Barbara Jeanne ^a  

^a CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860730878     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000413625.74733.f8     Document Type: Review

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