Collegian
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 38-42 , March 2010

Career breaks and intentions for retirement by Queensland's nurses—A sign of the times?

  • Robert Eley, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CBiol

      Affiliations

    • The University of Southern Queensland, Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health, West St., Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 4631 5477; fax: +61 7 4631 5452.
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  • Deborah Parker, RN, BA, PhD, MSocSci

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, University of Queensland and Blue Care Research and Practice, Development Centre, Australia
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  • Anthony Tuckett, RN, MA, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, University of Queensland and Blue Care Research and Practice, Development Centre, Australia
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  • Desley Hegney, RN, BA, PhD, DNE, FRCNA, FCN

      Affiliations

    • The National University of Singapore, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, and The University of Queensland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australia

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 31 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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PII: S1322-7696(09)00092-4

doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.10.004

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