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Volume 24 Issue 2 - 2007
Advances in Contemporary Nurse Recruitment and Retention
Foreword
iii Nurse Recruitment and Retention
Imperatives of imagining the future and taking a proactive stanceMegan-Jane Johnstone
Section 1
115 Editorial: Getting into Nursing
Recruiting for contemporary practiceJane Conway, Margaret McMillan
117 Contextualizing Nurse Education in Israel
Sociodemography, labor market dynamics and professional trainingDaphna Birenbaum-Carmeli
128 Challenges Facing Internationalisation of Nursing Practice, Nurse Education and Nursing Workforce in Australia
Vicki Parker, Margaret McMillan
137 The Perceptions of High School Careers Advisers Regarding Nursing
An Australian studyJennie King, Katherine Hardie, Jane Conway
147 Fast-Track for Fast Times
Catching and keeping generation Y in the nursing workforceKim Walker
Section 2
159 Editorial: Being in Nursing
Dealing with contemporary practiceJane Conway, Margaret McMillan
162 Belongingness
A montage of nursing students' stories of their clinical placement experiencesTracey Levett-Jones, Isabel Higgins, Judith Lathlean, Margaret McMillan
175 The Contribution of the Patient Support Assistant to Direct Patient Care
An exploration of nursing and PSA role perceptionsJane Conway, Mark Kearin
189 Human Resource Management Strategies for the Retention of Nurses in Acute Care Settings in Hospitals in Australia
Pamela Hogan, Lorna Moxham, Trudy Dwyer
Section 3
200 Editorial: Staying in Nursing
Sustainability of contemporary nursingJane Conway, Margaret McMillan
203 Returning to Nursing Practice
A learning journeyCarolyn Elwin
212 Clinical Leadership
Using observations of care to focus risk management and quality improvement activities in the clinical settingLorraine Ferguson AM, Judy Calvert, Marilyn Davie, Mark Fallon, Nada Fred, Vicki Gersbach, Lynn Sinclair
225 Exploring the Value of Dignity in the Work-Life of Nurses
Jane Lawless, Cheryle Moss
237 Aging, Experienced Nurses
Their value and needsDorcas C Fitzgerald
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