Nursing workforce retention: challenging a bullying culture.

Full Abstract

Discussions surrounding nursing shortages typically focus on recruitment, but retention is also a problem. Emerging research suggests that intimidation in the nursing workforce is a problem that planners need to deal with as part of an overall strategy aimed at maintaining a balance between supply and demand. This paper explores issues surrounding intimidation in the nursing workforce and looks at how one major teaching hospital in Australia attempted to address the problem.

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Author information

Author/s: Stevens, Stella (S);

Affiliation: School of Public Health, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Health affairs (Project Hope) (Health Aff (Millwood)), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Sep-Oct; vol 21 (issue 5) : pp 189-93

Dates: Created 2002/09/12; Completed 2002/10/29; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12224882, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Agonistic Behavior
Australia
Hospitals, Teaching - organization & administration
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Job Satisfaction
Nursing Administration Research

Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration; psychology; supply & distribution
Nursing, Supervisory - standards
Organizational Culture
Personnel Loyalty
Personnel Turnover
Problem Solving
Workplace - psychology

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