TY - JOUR
T1 - Morale in nursing students
T2 - a priority for nurse retention
AU - Middleton, Charlie
N1 - This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - For the first time in recent years, the number of nurses and midwives in the UK leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register has exceeded those joining. Fort-five per cent more registrants left than joined between 2016 - 2017, the majority of whom were aged under 40 (NMC, 2017). It is not surprising that pay and working conditions topped the reasons for leaving, but while these issues have an important role in addressing retention, they form only part of the picture. The roots of nurse retention lie within the experiences of student nurses, and to address this we must act much sooner. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
AB - For the first time in recent years, the number of nurses and midwives in the UK leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register has exceeded those joining. Fort-five per cent more registrants left than joined between 2016 - 2017, the majority of whom were aged under 40 (NMC, 2017). It is not surprising that pay and working conditions topped the reasons for leaving, but while these issues have an important role in addressing retention, they form only part of the picture. The roots of nurse retention lie within the experiences of student nurses, and to address this we must act much sooner. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1111/jan.13540
DO - 10.1111/jan.13540
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 29444333
SN - 0309-2402
VL - 74
SP - 1740
EP - 1740
JO - Journal of Advanced Nursing
JF - Journal of Advanced Nursing
IS - 8
ER -