The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Jan 1989
Registered nurses and burn care facilities. Factors associated with turnover rates.
The health care system in the United States is suffering from a severe shortage of registered nurses. Burn treatment facilities are no exception to this phenomenon. ⋯ The purpose of this paper is to determine the magnitude of the registered nurse shortage in burn care facilities. A second purpose is to identify factors associated with high turnover rates and to document the reasons why registered burn nurses are leaving their positions.