title: Growing ambulatory care nurse leaders in a multigenerational workforce.
abstract: Ambulatory care faces challenges in sustaining a nursing workforce in the future as newly licensed nurses are heavily recruited to inpatient settings and retirements will impact ambulatory care sooner than other areas. Building a diverse team by recruiting nurses of different ages (generations) and skills may result in a more successful and robust organization. Knowledge about generational characteristics and preferences will aid nurse leaders and recruiters in attracting high-quality, talented nurses. Nurses of Generations X and Y can increase their likelihood of success in ambulatory care by better understanding intergenerational issues.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Janet P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moye
authors.forename: Beth Ann
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Swan
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000639:trends; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005544:Forecasting; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013240:Stereotyping; D000078329:Workforce