Staying in nursing: What factors determine whether nurses intend to remain employed?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1589-1600

  Carter, Matthew R ^a   Tourangeau, Ann E ^b,c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee engagement; Employment; Intention to leave; Midwifery; Nurses; Nursing; Turnover; Work environments; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; STATE MEDICINE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862640263     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05973.x     Document Type: Article

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