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D J Jolma

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Factors influencing nurses' job decisions. A survey of applicants.

One of the creative ways in which hospital administrations are addressing the nursing shortage is their use of traditional market-research techniques to pinpoint and attract potential staff. Here the authors used a market tool called "laddering," in which nursing applicants ranked job-decision factors from most to least influential. The authors' survey revealed not only the priorities of nurses in general but also those of subgroups such as graduate RNs and older, more experienced nurses.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

An evaluation of nurse recruitment methods.

Hospital administrators are using a variety of recruitment strategies to attract sufficient numbers of nurses to staff their institutions. The authors describe one recruitment project that used several different methods to hire 76 nurses. The evaluation of the project compares the different recruiting methods by number of hires and cost per nurse hired.

Arizona↗

Relationship between nursing work load and turnover.

This survey of 123 medical-surgical nurses revealed that full-time status, large hospital size, and large unit size were associated with higher role overload and nurses' intent to leave their jobs.

Humans↗