Recruiting Middle School Students Into Nursing

Matutina, Robin E

doi:10.1177/1059840523452345

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“…Students often begin investigating career choices and discussing their future plans in middle school (Matutina, 2008). Hoke (2006) noted that 33% of those who ultimately choose nursing do so at an early age, and their choice is often based on stereotyping instead of awareness of the opportunities.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Healthy Connections: Introducing Nursing as a Career Choice to Middle School Students

Knight¹,

Abdallah

Findeisen

et al. 2011

Nursing Forum

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The current economic climate has resulted in many experienced nurses returning to the workforce. Despite this, the nursing shortage is looming in our future and the recruitment of a diverse nursing workforce reflective of the population remains a high priority. The Merrimack Valley in northeastern Massachusetts has two large cities, Lawrence and Lowell, in which the Hispanic and the Southeast Asian populations are disproportionately higher than state and national levels. Through the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Bring Diversity to Nursing Project, partnerships with both city school systems were developed and after-school programs aimed at highlighting nursing as a career choice were initiated. Mr. Thompson's Heart is the focus of a middle school, pre-entry program developed by faculty. Introducing career choices in middle school gives students fundamental information about careers and how to begin investigating them. Mr. Thompson's Heart introduces nursing as a career choice combining career information with a focus on developing healthy lifestyle habits. Multiple hands on activities create excitement and interest in the nursing profession.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Healthy Connections: Introducing Nursing as a Career Choice to Middle School Students

Knight¹,

Abdallah

Findeisen

et al. 2011

Nursing Forum

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“…In addition to the workforce shortage due to increasing health needs of the ageing population and the attrition due to retirement of the current workforce, there is increased career opportunity for school leavers who may have traditionally chosen nursing as a career (Miller and Cummings 2009). Programmes to attract school students to nursing careers have been undertaken globally (Campbell-Heider, Sackett, and Whistler 2008;King, Hardie, and Conway 2007;Matutina 2008;Neilsen and McNally 2010). These initiatives have not been driven solely by industry workforce need.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Findings from an evaluation of a school-based VET programme in an Area Health Service in New South Wales, Australia

Conway

Brazil

Losurdo

2012

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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Globally, there has been attention given to addressing the workforce shortage in nursing. One strategy to respond to this has resulted in renewed emphasis on the development of career and education pathways for students in the final years of high school. An evaluation of the School Based New Apprenticeship (SBNA) initiative in nursing in a regional Area Health Service in New South Wales (NSW) was undertaken. The evaluation revealed the experiences of the students who participated in the Programme were largely positive. However, there are a number of ambiguities that should be addressed in order to better enable SBNA Programmes to achieve broader goals within changing education and health contexts. These relate primarily to the need to clarify the intent of the Programme and the activities of health and education personnel in order to meet the shared desire among stakeholders to provide a quality learning and employment experience for students.

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“…However, the majority of the counsellors viewed nurses mainly as direct caregivers, and were unaware of other possibilities for nursing roles. Matutina (2008) notes that the severe shortage of nurses led nurse recruiters to turn to middle school students in order to influence them in choosing nursing as a career. However, a recent review indicated that research on career preferences in young people suffers from methodological problems (Matutina et al 2010).…”

Section: Choosing Nursing As a Professionmentioning

confidence: 99%