TY - JOUR
T1 - National Surveys of Military Personnel, Nursing Students, and the Public
T2 - Drivers of Military Nursing Careers
AU - Donelan, Karen
AU - Romano, Carol
AU - Desroches, Catherine
AU - Appiebaum, Sandra
AU - Rm Ward, Johanna
AU - Schoneboom, Bruce A.
AU - Hinshaw, Ada Sue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/5/1
Y1 - 2014/5/1
N2 - Objectives: The U.S. health care system is lacing a projected nursing shortage of unprecedented magnitude. Although military nursing services recently have been able to meet their nursing recruitment quotas, national Studies have predicted a long-term nursing shortage that may affect future recruitment for the Nurse Corps of the three military services. Data ate needed I" plan fur recruitment incentives arid the impact of those incentives on targeted populations of likely future nurses. Methods: Data are drawn from three online surveys conducted in 2011-2(112. including surveys of 1,3(12 Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel serving on major military bases, 914 nursing students at colleges with entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs located nearby major military bases, and a qualitative survey of 1.2(10 young adults, age IH-39i in the general public. Findings: The three populations are different in several demographic characteristics. We explored perceptions of military careers, nursing careers and barriers, and incentives in pursue military nursing careers in all populations. Perceptions differ among the groups. Conclusion: The results of this study may help lo inform strategies for reaching out to specific populations with targeted messages that locus on harriers and facilitators relevant to each to successfully recruit a diverse Nurse Corps for the future.
AB - Objectives: The U.S. health care system is lacing a projected nursing shortage of unprecedented magnitude. Although military nursing services recently have been able to meet their nursing recruitment quotas, national Studies have predicted a long-term nursing shortage that may affect future recruitment for the Nurse Corps of the three military services. Data ate needed I" plan fur recruitment incentives arid the impact of those incentives on targeted populations of likely future nurses. Methods: Data are drawn from three online surveys conducted in 2011-2(112. including surveys of 1,3(12 Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel serving on major military bases, 914 nursing students at colleges with entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs located nearby major military bases, and a qualitative survey of 1.2(10 young adults, age IH-39i in the general public. Findings: The three populations are different in several demographic characteristics. We explored perceptions of military careers, nursing careers and barriers, and incentives in pursue military nursing careers in all populations. Perceptions differ among the groups. Conclusion: The results of this study may help lo inform strategies for reaching out to specific populations with targeted messages that locus on harriers and facilitators relevant to each to successfully recruit a diverse Nurse Corps for the future.
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U2 - 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00323
DO - 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00323
M3 - Article
C2 - 24806503
AN - SCOPUS:84929224661
SN - 0026-4075
VL - 179
SP - 565
EP - 572
JO - Military Medicine
JF - Military Medicine
IS - 5
ER -