State of the oncology nursing workforce: problems and implications for strengthening the future.

The trend in staffing shortages coupled with an aging and growing population pose a particularly difficult problem for areas within nursing that serve older patients and require specialized skills and experience.Since cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death and tends to affect older patients, oncol...

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Publicado en:Nursing Economic$ Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 198 - 209
Autores principales: Buerhaus P, Donelan K, DesRoches C, Lamkin L, Mallory G
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Jannetti Publications, Inc. Sep/Oct2001
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