A qualitative study of experienced nurses' voluntary turnover: Learning from their perspectives

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 1336-1345

  Hayward, Dana ^a   Bungay, Vicky ^b   Wolff, Angela C ^c   Macdonald, Valerie ^d  

^a Peace Arch Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Professional Practice   (Canada)

^d Burnaby Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interviews; Nursing; Retention; Turnover; Work environment

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING; CHARGE NURSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; NURSE; PATIENT ACUITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTERED NURSE; SKILL; STRESS; TEACHER; TURNOVER TIME; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84962531407     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13210     Document Type: Article

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