Solving the Retention Puzzle: Let's Begin with Nursing Orientation

Nurse Leader

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 50-53

  Brakovich, Betsy ^a   Bonham, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WellStar Windy Hill Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

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EID: 84866882356     PISSN: 15414612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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