Promoting nursing careers using a storybook for children.
Summary of "Promoting nursing careers using a storybook for children."
Recruitment into the nursing profession is an urgent need. Using the storybook Jill Learns About Nurses Around the Town, 11 nurses participated in a nursing promotion program with elementary-age children. Narrative analysis of participant experiences suggests nurses want to and can effectively participate in nursing promnotion programs with children.
Affiliation
School of Nursing, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana, USA.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
ISSN: 0743-2550
Pages: 258-61
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20632484
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
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