What Does Nurse Turnover Rate Mean and What Is the Rate?

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-71

  Kovner, Christine T ^a   Brewer, Carol S ^b   Fatehi, Farida ^c   Jun, Jin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; nurse turnover; RN; turnover

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922234856     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154414547953     Document Type: Article

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