| Title | The Young Gerontological Nurse Clinician Program: an innovative geropsychiatric nursing recruitment strategy. | | Author(s) | Specht JP, Mobily PR | | Institution | The University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. janet-specht@uiowa.edu | | Source | Issues Ment Health Nurs 2005 Jan; 26(1):81-90. | | MeSH | Aged
Career Choice
Clinical Competence
Faculty, Nursing
Geriatric Nursing
Geriatric Psychiatry
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Iowa
Job Application
Leadership
Nurse Clinicians
Nurse's Role
Nursing, Supervisory
Personnel Selection
Preceptorship
Psychiatric Nursing
| | Abstract | Historically, graduate nurses are not attracted to older adults or geriatric care. Innovative strategies, such as the Young Gerontological Nurse Clinician Program (YGNCP) initiated by the John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Iowa, are needed to promote geriatric nursing as a challenging and rewarding practice focus. The YGNCP, which provides early, positive, self-directed experiences for nursing students under the direction and supervision of faculty and expert clinical mentors, shows excellent potential for recruiting nurses to clinical and leadership positions in geriatric and geropsychiatric care. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15842107 |
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