The lure of the bush: Do rural placements influence student nurses to seek employment in rural settings?

Interest in Public Health Careers Among Undergraduate Student Nurses

“…However, the hypothesis that interest developed as a result of the LHD field experience is consistent with prior research, which has found that clinical experiences influence student nurses' planning for their future careers. [15][16][17]19,20 The finding that level of interest was lowest in the region where students were least likely to have a field experience in an LHD also supports the idea that exposure to public health and interest in working in public health go together.…”

“…[16][17][18][19] A Norwegian study of student nurses' career intentions at the beginning compared with at the end of their program of study revealed that interests changed over the course of study and that clinical experiences were important reasons for the choice of a preferred work area after graduation. 15 McKenna and colleagues 19 found that student nurses who had positive experiences in their clinical training indicate more interest in that specialty area and that the clinical experience had the potential to change initial career intentions.…”

The role of rural nurse managers in supporting new graduate nurses in rural practice

“…Thus many graduates will be expected by rural employers to have high levels of independence, have well‐developed problem‐solving abilities and be able to assume management and leadership responsibilities, such as being in charge and delegating, as well as directing and co‐ordinating roles very early on in their graduate year (Lea & Cruickshank , , Lea et al . , Bennett et al . ).…”

“I know exactly what I'm going into”: recommendations for pre‐nursing experience from an evaluation of a pre‐nursing scholarship in rural Scotland

“…Recruitment and retention of health professionals to rural areas is known to be related to origin (Lea et al . 2008, Warburton et al . 2014) and positive educational placements (Walker et al .…”