Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 378-384 , November 2008

Connecting With Guidance Counselors to Enhance Recruitment Into Nursing of Minority Teens

  • Nancy Campbell-Heider, PhD, FNP, NP-C, CARN-AP

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Nursing, Director FNP Program & Chairperson, Health Promotion & Development Division, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Campbell-Heider: Associate Professor of Nursing, Director FNP Program & Chairperson, Health Promotion & Development Division, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
  • ,
  • Kay Sackett, EdD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Director of Nursing Education and Research, NCBH Nursing Program, Wake Forest University North Carolina Baptist Hospital Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
  • ,
  • M. Patricia Whistler, MS, APRN, BC, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Family Nurse Practitioner, Cleveland Hill Medical Group & Highgate Medical Group, Buffalo, NY

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 This minority recruitment project was supported by funds from a Department of Health & Human Services, Bureau of Health Professions, and Division of Nursing training grant (1D09HP002).

PII: S8755-7223(08)00168-3

doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2008.10.009

Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 378-384 , November 2008