The lure of the bush: Do rural placements influence student nurses to seek employment in rural settings?

Jacqueline Lea; Mary CRUICKSHANK; Penny Paliadelis; Glenda Parmenter; Helena Sanderson; Patricia Thornberry

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.004

The lure of the bush: Do rural placements influence student nurses to seek employment in rural settings?

Jacqueline Lea, Mary CRUICKSHANK, Penny Paliadelis, Glenda Parmenter, Helena Sanderson, Patricia Thornberry

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate whether rural clinical placements for student nurses at a rural university in New South Wales influence their decision to join the rural and remote Registered Nurse workforce. The study utilised a convenience sample of final year Bachelor of Nursing students at a rural university campus, and consisted of two stages of data collection. Stage One employed a pre- and post-clinical placement survey design that elicited both demographic and qualitative data

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-82
Number of pages	6
Journal	Collegian
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.004
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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