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Workforce solutions and job satisfaction

Abstract

A discrete choice experiment was used to examine how U.S. nurses' value different job characteristics, and how they make trade-offs between these characteristics when choosing between jobs. Findings provide employers with information they can use to modify their work environment to support increased recruitment and retention of nurses.

Author Details

Bronwyn E. Fields, PhD, School of Nursing, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA; Janice F. Bell, PhD, MN, MPH, RN, School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA; Jeri L. Bigbee, PhD, RN, FAAN, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA; Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN (honorary), Institute for Health Policy Studies, Department of Family and Community Medicine and School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Sigma Membership

Zeta Eta at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

University Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Discrete Choice Experiment, Nursing Workforce, Recruitment and Retention

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Preferences for rural and urban jobs among registered nurses: A discrete choice experiment

Melbourne, Australia

A discrete choice experiment was used to examine how U.S. nurses' value different job characteristics, and how they make trade-offs between these characteristics when choosing between jobs. Findings provide employers with information they can use to modify their work environment to support increased recruitment and retention of nurses.