Time for realistic job previews in nursing as a recruitment and retention tool.
Realistic job previews are well-established, cost-effective, and evidence-based recruitment and retention tools that nurses in professional development have largely overlooked. A realistic job preview for experienced staff nurses pioneering the Clinical Nurse Leader® role is presented along with implications for nursing professional development practice.
Mattia J. Gilmartin, PhD, RN, is Senior Research Scientist, College of Nursing, New York University, New York. Priscilla C. Aponte, MSN, RN-BC, CHHP, is Associate Program Manager, Center for Learning and Organizational Development, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Kathleen Nokes, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York, New York.
Mattia J
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Gilmartin
Priscilla C
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Aponte
Kathleen
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Nokes
D002322:Career Mobility; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007586:Job Application; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D015397:Program Evaluation