Connecting With Guidance Counselors to Enhance Recruitment Into Nursing of Minority Teens

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Campbell Heider, Nancy ^a   Sackett, Kay ^b   Whistler, M Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^c Highgate Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidance counselor's perceptions of nursing; Minority recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER MOBILITY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MASS MEDIA; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 55949125711     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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