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Using a manpower database to analyse the nurse limbo stock
Author(s) -
McClean Sally,
Reid Norma,
Devine Colum,
Gribbin Owen,
Thompson Kate
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02029.x
Subject(s) - planner , stock (firearms) , social planner , manpower planning , business , health services , nursing , computer science , medicine , operations research , engineering , economics , environmental health , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , population , microeconomics
A manpower database for nurses employed by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) in Northern Ireland is used to identify the qualified nurses not currently employed by the DHSS, i e the limbo stock, and describe this stock in terms of age, sex, length of previous service, grade and location This information is invaluable for manpower planners who must decide on how many vacancies can be filled by recruitment from the limbo stock, as opposed to training new nurses Such a methodology provides a valuable tool for the nurse manpower planner