login

Who Will Be There to Nurse?

JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationPublished 1 June 2004
Linda O Brien-Pallas, Christine Duffield, Chris Alksnis
Citations82
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.65
SNIP0.83

TL;DR

Delaying the retirement of nurses could provide a significant human resource, not only in absolute numbers but more importantly, in terms of experience and expertise, however, retention of this portion of the nursing workforce may require different strategies than for younger members of the workforce.

Abstract

Delaying the retirement of nurses could provide a significant human resource, not only in terms of absolute numbers but more importantly, in terms of experience and expertise. However, retention of this portion of the workforce may require different strategies than for younger members of the workforce. The needs of this segment of the nursing workforce may require nurse administrators to consider different approaches to nursing work and work allocation.

Keywords

Social SciencesHealth Professions