Psychiatric nursing recruitment. Roles for educators and nursing staff.
Recruiting new nurses to a relatively unpopular specialty in the midst of a nursing shortage is challenging. However, the literature offers educators and clinical nursing staff important insight regarding the promotion of student interest in psychiatric nursing. Clearly, a collaborative effort is needed. Educators and clinicians should work together to provide students with a satisfying psychiatric nursing experience. Through a combination of effective, intellectually stimulating classroom instruction and positive, welcoming clinical experiences, educators and clinical nursing staff may increase the number of nursing graduates who pursue this rewarding specialty.
Durkin
Anne
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Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518, USA.
D002321:Career Choice; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D000078329:Workforce