Role of careers advisers in nurse recruitment
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Role of careers advisers in nurse recruitment

Jane Latham Nursing consultant, Image of Nursing programme
Trish Morris-Thompson Chief nursing officer, NHS London and Sponsor of the Image of Nursing programme
Robin Plata Image of Nursing programme manager, NHS London

Jane Latham and colleagues assess what affects perceptions of nursing and discuss how raising its profile can help attract high calibre students to the profession

The aim of the national Image of Nursing programme is to attract high calibre recruits to nursing. This article describes research into the role of careers advisers and how they perceive the image of ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’. It explores their professional profiles, perceptions and attitudes to nursing as a career, knowledge about the requirements and opportunities for entering nursing, and the resources used. The findings identify a number of systemic influences, in six themes, from which are derived 16 recommendations. Nurse leaders across healthcare services and universities are ideally placed to review, revise and develop the recommendations to optimise high calibre nurse recruitment and provide a more positive image of nursing.

Nursing Management. 19, 10, 20-25. doi: 10.7748/nm2013.03.19.10.20.e1030

Correspondence

janelatham@yahoo.co.uk

Peer review

This article has been subject to double blind peer review

Received: 30 November 2012

Accepted: 13 December 2012

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