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Retaining nurses: The impact of Ontario's “70% Full-Time Commitment”

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  • Daniels, Frieda
  • Laporte, Audrey
  • Lemieux-Charles, Louise
  • Baumann, Andrea
  • Onate, Kanecy
  • Deber, Raisa

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To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse retention strategy, the “70% Full-Time Commitment”, in retaining part-time and casual nurses in Ontario's nurse profession.

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  • Daniels, Frieda & Laporte, Audrey & Lemieux-Charles, Louise & Baumann, Andrea & Onate, Kanecy & Deber, Raisa, 2012. "Retaining nurses: The impact of Ontario's “70% Full-Time Commitment”," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(1), pages 54-65.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:107:y:2012:i:1:p:54-65
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.05.013
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    1. Alameddine, Mohamad & Baumann, Andrea & Onate, Kanecy & Crea, Mary & Arnaout, Nour El & Deber, Raisa, 2017. "Job Stickiness of young nurses in Ontario: Does the employer organization participation in the Nursing Graduate Guarantee initiative make a difference?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(7), pages 809-815.
    2. Alameddine, Mohamad & Baumann, Andrea & Laporte, Audrey & Mourad, Yara & Onate, Kanecy & Deber, Raisa, 2014. "Measuring the job stickiness of community nurses in Ontario (2004–2010): Implications for policy and practice," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(2), pages 147-155.

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