Gifted and Talented Students' Career Aspirations and Influences: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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Kathleen Miller
The nursing shortage of registered nurses in Canada is expected to worsen, making recruitment a concern for nursing organizations. Also, many reports have outlined the need for improved leadership in nursing. Therefore, the study purpose was to describe the findings of a systematic review of studies examining the career influences and aspirations of gifted high school students and to make recommendations for further research. Results indicate gifted students choose careers that fit their personal self-concept and their perceptions of traits needed to succeed in a profession. Family members, particularly mothers, had the greatest influence on career decision making and these students were more likely to indicate a desire for a profession with high prestige, high levels of education and higher pay. These students were not likely to indicate nursing as a career choice. Efforts to improve the image of nursing with this group of students are needed.
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- Editorial
- Five Years of Solid Growth in Nursing Education Scholarship
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- Community Health Clinical Education in Canada: Part 2 - Developing Competencies to Address Social Justice, Equity, and the Social Determinants of Health
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- Survey on Addictions: Toward Curricular Change for Family Nurse Practitioners
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- Using an Interactive Journal Club to Enhance Nursing Research Knowledge Acquisition, Appraisal, and Application
- Comparison of Outcomes in a Traditional versus Accelerated Nursing Curriculum
- Creating Diversity in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program: A Case Study
- A Second Generation of the Competency-Based Approach to Nursing Education
- Systematic Review of Nursing Simulation Literature for Use of Learning Theory
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- Practice and Academic Nurse Educators: Finding Common Ground
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- Successful Transition of the New Graduate Nurse
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- Collaborative Essay Testing: Group Work That Counts
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