Determinants of regulated nurses' intention to stay in long-term care homes

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 771-781

  Mcgilton, Katherine S ^a,b   Tourangeau, Ann ^b,c   Kavcic, Chloe ^a   Wodchis, Walter P ^a,c,d  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Intention to stay; Job satisfaction; Nursing home; Regulated nurses; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENTION TO STAY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGULATED NURSES; RETENTION; STATISTICS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTENTION TO STAY; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING HOME; REGULATED NURSES; RETENTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 84880639426     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12130     Document Type: Article

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