title: Retention technique #3. Research: future impact on image and retention.
abstract: The recruitment, retention, utilization, and image of nursing are critical issues facing nurses today. Critical care nursing research will assist us in dealing with these problems to prepare for a twenty-first century in which nursing is a valued profession. This author takes an optimistic view of the future and explains how she believes nursing research will help solve these recruitment and retention problems.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015399:Nursing Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D000078329:Workforce