How do we get the right people into nursing school?
Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged on
Sep 28, 2008
I have a question I am thinking about doing some research on...
We know there is a huge waiting list for a limited number of nursing school spots; we also know that a large percentage of new nurses leave the professions for good within the first years. Despite the hysteria of the "lateral violence" crowd, I think a large part of that loss is from people getting into and through nursing school that have no idea what the job is, or involves...
How do we fix that?
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written by NurseKeith, September 29, 2008
I think that many career counselors and coaches still use different types of tests and assessments to determine a "good fit". I wonder what would happen if I took such a test now!
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written by dmazment, September 28, 2008
A long time ago, after I had received my English degree and absolutely hated teaching, I think now it was because I wasn't mature enough to be a teacher,having complete four years of college in two. A friend of mine was working on his master's thesis in psych, asked me if I would consider taking several career tests for him. Every single test indicated, anything in medicine and I chose nursing. The reason I chose nursing back then, more than anything was I simply didn't have the money to go to med school, but the result was a mostly happy and fulfulled career as a nurse. I'm not sure if these types of tests are still being used or even available, but perhaps should be utilized as at least part of a key to accept candidates into nursing school.
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