Nursing churn and turnover in Australian hospitals: Nurses perceptions and suggestions for supportive strategies

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dawson, Angela J ^a   Stasa, Helen ^a   Roche, Michael A ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital personnel; Nursing staff; Personnel management; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899481284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-11     Document Type: Article

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