title: Nurse retention: outrunning the bear.
abstract: Did you hear the one about the hospital CEO who was hiking in the forest with the director of nursing? As they were heading down a trail, suddenly a bear jumped out of a bush and started chasing them. Both hikers started running for their lives when all of a sudden the CEO stopped, sat down on a rock and started to put on running shoes. The director of nursing said, "What are you doing? You can't outrun a bear!" The CEO replied, "I don't have to outrun the bear. I only have to outrun you."
authors.affiliation: MHA Service Corporation, Lansing, USA. soconnor@mha.org
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010560:Personnel Selection