Nurse retention is widely acknowledged as a crucial international workforce issue, yet the
concept remains ambiguous. This study focuses on a concept analysis in an effort to clarify …

Context Retention of nursing staff is a growing concern in many countries, especially in rural,
remote or isolated regions, where it has major consequences on the accessibility of health …

Purpose–The aim of this paper is to address three broad questions: Are preferences for
branding attributes similar for entry and for retention? Are there generational and career …

Abstract Background In Canada, as in other parts of the world, there is geographic
maldistribution of the nursing workforce, and insufficient attention is paid to the strengths and …

This review article reports on the contribution of university Departments of Rural Health and
Rural Clinical Schools to the development of rural health and the rural health workforce and …

Background The “rural pipeline” suggests that students educated in rural, or other
underserviced areas, are more likely to establish practices in such locations. It is upon this …

Objective To synthesise quantitative data on the effects of rural background and experience
in rural areas during medical training on the likelihood of general practitioners practising …

Introduction: Due to global nursing shortages, recruitment and retention of nurses is a major
international concern, exacerbated in rural and remote areas. Existing research reveals that …

Background Maintaining a health professional workforce in rural and remote areas poses a
significant challenge internationally. A range of recruitment and retention strategies have …

The major advance in informing rural workforce policy internationally over the past 25 years
has been the recognition of the importance of the 'rural pipeline'. The rural pipeline suggests …