Cooperative education. An innovative recruitment technique.
In the effort to solve the problem of our own nursing shortage, we concluded that an innovative and creative method must be sought to satisfy both short-term and long-term staffing needs. Statistics pointed to the dwindling enrollment figures in nursing programs, the lack of interest in a nursing career among high school students, and the generally declining number of college-age students. Our strategy was to tap a few students from that evaporating pool by hiring student nurses on a part-time basis in their senior year, giving them academic guidance throughout their clinical experience, and allowing them an opportunity to view the working role of the critical care nurse.
Cusack
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Joos
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Simenc
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D003422:Critical Care; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D000078329:Workforce