A prospective study of nurses’ intentions to leave the profession during their first five years of practice in Sweden
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 4 October 2013
Ann Rudman, Petter Gustavsson, Daniel Hultell
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It is important for organizations employing new graduates to pay attention to nurses who show early signs of burnout, and provide a resourceful work environment with a suitable workload, sufficient introduction, management support, satisfactory collaboration with colleagues, and role clarity.
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It is important for organizations employing new graduates to pay attention to nurses who show early signs of burnout, and provide a resourceful work environment with a suitable workload, sufficient introduction, management support, satisfactory collaboration with colleagues, and role clarity.
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