The relationships among licensed nurse turnover, retention, and rehospitalization of nursing home residents

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-221

  Thomas, Kali S ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a   Tyler, Denise A ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Rehospitalization; Retention; Turnover

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 84874912159     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns082     Document Type: Article

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