Utilising Culturally Congruent Strategies to Enhance Recruitment and Retention of Australian Indigenous Nursing Students.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Omeri, Akram; Ahern, Maureen
- Source
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Apr99, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p150. 6p.
- Subject
- *NURSING students
*NURSING
*NURSES
*STUDENT recruitment
- Language
- ISSN
- 1043-6596
Explores and describes discoveries and discusses the importance of culturally meaningful strategies and knowledge as significant in addressing issue concerning the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) nursing students. Definition of culture; Expectations on nurses; Scarcity of ATSI nurses; Suggested strategies as potential ways to improve recruitment and retention of ATSI nurses at the university level.