TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Hospital Nursing Staff Retention and Turnover
T2 - A Life Table Approach
AU - Benedict, M. Beth
AU - Glasser, Jay H.
AU - Lee, Eun Sul
PY - 1989/3
Y1 - 1989/3
N2 - This research applied the life table technique to nursing personnel data in two types of hospitals to illustrate how administrators can examine patterns of continued employment. Although a large proportion of nurses were short-stay employees, the teaching hospital was found to have a higher retention rate than the community hospital corporation. The retention patterns are examined by personal and professional characteristics, as well as by reason for termination. Implications of our findings are discussed with respect to policy concerns related to hiring, retention, productivitv, and staff development.
AB - This research applied the life table technique to nursing personnel data in two types of hospitals to illustrate how administrators can examine patterns of continued employment. Although a large proportion of nurses were short-stay employees, the teaching hospital was found to have a higher retention rate than the community hospital corporation. The retention patterns are examined by personal and professional characteristics, as well as by reason for termination. Implications of our findings are discussed with respect to policy concerns related to hiring, retention, productivitv, and staff development.
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U2 - 10.1177/016327878901200105
DO - 10.1177/016327878901200105
M3 - Article
C2 - 10292128
AN - SCOPUS:0024539226
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 12
SP - 73
EP - 96
JO - Evaluation & the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation & the Health Professions
IS - 1
ER -