Nursing Sabbatical in the Acute Care Setting: What Is the Evidence?

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Constance F. Swenty · University of Southern Indiana

Gina L. Schaar · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Lori A. Phillips · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Jennifer L. Embree · Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

Isabella A. McCool · Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

Maria R. Shirey · Deaconess Hospital

Abstract

Borrowing from the successes in academia and other non-nursing professions, a human capital investment opportunity exists to design and test nursing sabbaticals. The authors identified a nursing sabbatical as a viable option, which can enhance nursing retention and revitalization.

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Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare Healthcare Quality and Management Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies

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Published in: Nursing Forum

Volume 46, Issue 3, pp. 195-204

DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2011.00225.x

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