1. CAREERS BEYOND THE BEDSIDE: AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN NURSING.
- Author
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Kowlowitz, Vicki, Johnson Rowsey, Pamela, Woods-Giscombe, Cheryl, Kneipp, Shawn M., Page, Julie, and Fowler Gray, Tamryn
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CURRICULUM , *ETHNIC groups , *MATHEMATICAL models , *RESEARCH methodology , *MENTORING , *NEEDS assessment , *NURSES , *CULTURAL pluralism , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *SCHOLARSHIPS , *SURVEYS , *ADULT education workshops , *EMPLOYEES' workload , *GRADUATE nursing education , *THEORY , *STUDENT recruitment , *SCHOOL holding power , *BACCALAUREATE nursing education - Abstract
Careers Beyond the Bedside (CaBB) aimed to increase diversity in the BSN program and encourage the pursuit of graduate education. The program included recruitment activities, academic and professional support for nursing students, and activities to stimulate interest in graduate school. CaBB targeted disadvantaged and underrepresented ethnic minority (UREM) students. Seminars, the cornerstone of CaBB, provided career information and a structured support group. Modest scholarships provided financial assistance. Twenty-nine of 35 scholarship students graduated by the end of the three-year grant and three were enrolled in graduate programs, demonstrating the effectiveness of CaBB to recruit and graduate UREM and disadvantaged students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018