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Corps, Turnover, 19. ABSTRACT (continue on reverse if necessary and identity by block number) The current nationwide nursing shortage has intensfied the focus on retention in the Navy Nurse Corps. This thesis examines some of the influences on a Navy nurse's decision to stay in or leave the service. The sample was selected from the 1987 Occupational Task Inventory of the Navy Medical Department, conducted by the Navy Occupational Development Analysis Center. The sample was restricted to nurses in th