What is it about?
Generational differences have impact on the nursing workforce and nurse's reactions to their working environment. Increasing manager's knowledge about simple issues concerning communication, commitment and compensation will assist them to bridge the gap between generations of nurses to increase nursing workforce cohesion.
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Why is it important?
Acknowledgement of generational characteristics can allow nurse managers to focus on strategies to increase workforce cohesion.
Perspectives
Generational differences pose a challenge to nurse managers. Increasing workforce harmony may facilitate retention of nurses in this dynamic environment of contemporary nursing.
Associate Professor Vicki Cope
Murdoch University
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This page is a summary of: Generational diversity: what nurse managers need to know, Journal of Advanced Nursing, July 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06079.x.
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