Intent to stay in the nursing profession and associated factors among nurses working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Engeda, Eshetu H ^a   Birhanu, Anteneh M ^a   Alene, Kefyalew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Amhara region; Ethiopia; Intent to stay; Nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910088983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-24     Document Type: Article

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