Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Page 46 , February 2006

Staffing incentive programs to meet workforce shortage needs

  • Patricia A. Witzel, MS, MBA, RN

      Affiliations

    • All authors work at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Patricia A. Witzel, MS, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer, Toni C. Smith, EdD, RN, FNAP, is the director of support operations, and Gail L. Ingersoll, EdD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is the director of the Clinical Nursing Research Center.
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  • Toni C. Smith, EdD, RN, FNAP

      Affiliations

    • All authors work at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Patricia A. Witzel, MS, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer, Toni C. Smith, EdD, RN, FNAP, is the director of support operations, and Gail L. Ingersoll, EdD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is the director of the Clinical Nursing Research Center.
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  • Gail L. Ingersoll, EdD, RN, FAAN, FNAP

      Affiliations

    • All authors work at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Patricia A. Witzel, MS, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer, Toni C. Smith, EdD, RN, FNAP, is the director of support operations, and Gail L. Ingersoll, EdD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is the director of the Clinical Nursing Research Center.

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PII: S1541-4612(06)00003-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2006.01.002

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