Factors influencing female registered nurses' work behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze factors that are related to whether registered nurses (RNs) work (WK) or do not work (NW) in nursing; and if the RN works, whether she works full- (FT) or part-time (PT).

Data sources

Secondary data from National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses 2000 (NSSRN), the InterStudy Competitive Edge Part III Regional Market Analysis (2001), and the Area Resource File (2002).

Study design

Using a cross-sectional design we tested the relationship between WK or NW and FT or PT; and demographic, job-related, and metropolitan statistical area (MSA)-level variables.

Data collection/extraction methods

We combined the data sources noted above to produce the analytic sample of 25,471 female RNs.

Principal findings

Working in nursing is not independe

SUBMITTER: Brewer CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1713192 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature