What is it about?

Many students apply to nursing school unaware of the need for academic rigor. This places undue stress on first year nursing students which may translate to stress, anxiety, depression, and withdrawal. Looking at past middle and high school nursing-led interventions to build new alliances of nurses and school counselors for the future is the purpose of this paper.

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Why is it important?

To encourage early adoption of nursing as a profession to allow middle and high school students plenty of time to prepare for the academic rigor of nursing school

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There is a looming large nursing shortage predicted in the next decade as many nurses retire. Finding sustainable and profitable recruitment campaigns for nursing school enrollment will be urgently needed

Cheryl Williams
Salem State University

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This page is a summary of: Recruiting middle school students into nursing: An integrative review, Nursing Forum, October 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12235.
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