Factors That Influence the Decisions of Men and Women Nurses to Leave Nursing
Nursing ForumPublished 1 July 2009
Sushama Rajapaksa, William Rothstein
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Men differed from the women in their attitudes toward the financial aspects of nursing but not the professional aspects, and suggestions are provided to redress the dissatisfactions of men nurses.
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Thus, the men differed from the women in their attitudes toward the financial aspects of nursing but not the professional aspects. Suggestions are provided to redress the dissatisfactions of men nurses.
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