A comparative review of nurse turnover rates and costs across countries

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2703-2712

  Duffield, Christine M ^a,b   Roche, Michael A ^a   Homer, Caroline ^a   Buchan, James ^a   Dimitrelis, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative review; Nurse turnover; Nursing; Nursing turnover cost calculation methodology; Turnover costs; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909585998     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12483     Document Type: Review

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