Predictors of new graduate nurses' organizational commitment during a nurse residency program

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 108-119

  Bratt, Marilyn Meyer ^a   Felzer, Holly M ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIALIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRECEPTORSHIP; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84861794922     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NND.0b013e31825515c4     Document Type: Article

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