Summer residential program: a university model for recruiting high school students to nursing.
As the nursing shortage continues, nurse educators must develop creative strategies to recruit high school students. A midsize university in the Mid-west has found a one-week summer residential enrichment program, offered annually since 1990, to be a successful tool for introducing students to the wide variety of nursing roles and career opportunities. Participants tour various clinical settings and have hands-on clinical experiences in the nursing laboratory. Housed in dormitories with peers who are interested in other fields, they have the opportunity to experience university life. Nurse faculty, alumni, local nursing organizations, and university staff collaborate in offering this program.
Cluskey
Maureen
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Bradley University Department of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois, USA. mcluskey@bradley.edu
Jackson
Janet E
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Brubaker
Cindy L
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Cram
Elizabeth M
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Charlotte Pate
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D000293:Adolescent; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students