AN ANALYSIS OF NAVY NURSE CORPS SPECIALTIES AND THE EFFECTS OF CIVILIAN MARKET WAGES ON RETENTION

dc.contributor.advisorAhn, Sae Young
dc.contributor.authorLooker, Mary K.
dc.contributor.corporateDepartment of Defense Management (DDM)
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Defense Management (DDM)
dc.contributor.secondreaderHartmann, Latika
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T17:15:52Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T17:15:52Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractBetween 2000 and 2020, the civilian nursing labor market continued to evolve to meet the needs of society putting additional strain on the military nursing labor market. In particular, the demand for nurses has outpaced supply in specific specialties and geographical regions, resulting in the continued rising of real wages and increased incentives to attract nurses. This can have significant implications for the Navy Nurse Corps planners, as the Nurse Corps is in direct competition with the labor market. This study examines the civilian market wages of nurses between 2000 and 2018 disaggregated by census region, specialty, and years of experience and then assesses the relationship to the military nursing market. Additionally, this study analyzes how the military-civilian wage differential affects retention in the Navy Nurse Corps. The multivariate regression model indicates that while controlling for basic demographics, prior-enlisted experience, duty station census region, and nursing specialty, a $1,000 increase in the military-civilian wage differential will increase the odds of a nurse remaining on active duty by 17.2 percent at the three-year decision point and 9.2 percent at the ten-year decision point. The key findings of this study will enable the Navy Nurse Corps planners to continue to make effective and targeted decisions regarding recruiting and retention while competing in a highly competitive civilian labor market.en_US
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dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode847, Manpower Systems Analysis
dc.identifier.thesisid38280
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/69675
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesManpower Systems Analysis Theses
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorNavyen_US
dc.subject.authornurseen_US
dc.subject.authormilitary wageen_US
dc.subject.authorretentionen_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian wageen_US
dc.subject.authorwage differentialen_US
dc.titleAN ANALYSIS OF NAVY NURSE CORPS SPECIALTIES AND THE EFFECTS OF CIVILIAN MARKET WAGES ON RETENTIONen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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etd.thesisdegree.disciplineManagementen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Managementen_US
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