Focus groups: a program planning technique.
To successfully develop nurse retention programs, a thorough organizational analysis, including the identification of problems, is necessary. Used as a management tool, focus groups that use the organization's nursing staff provide a unique method of data collection for identifying problems that now exist in the organization. The authors discuss this method for obtaining information for strategic planning for retention of nurses.
DesRosier
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DesRosier Associates, Seattle, Washington.
Zellers
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D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D010934:Planning Techniques