Capitalizing on Military Nurse Skills for Second-Career Leadership and Staff Development Roles

Nursing continues to face professional workforce and diversity shortage problems. This article advocates for examining an untapped resource-the consideration of applicants for nursing leadership and educational positions in civilian health care organizations. This untapped resource is highly qualifi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of continuing education in nursing 2016-11, Vol.47 (11), p.503-510
Main Authors: Lake, Donna M, Allen, Patricia E, Armstrong, Myrna L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Armed Forces
Clinical Competence
Communication
Creative Thinking
Crisis Management
Demographics
Doctoral Programs
Education
Education, Nursing, Continuing - organization & administration
Educational Methods
Educational Strategies
Emergency preparedness
Ethnicity
Faculty - organization & administration
Female
Health sciences
Health Services
Humanitarianism
Humans
Labor Force
Leadership
Male
Males
Middle Aged
Military bases
Military Medicine - organization & administration
Military Personnel
Minority Groups
Natural Disasters
Nurse Administrators - organization & administration
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing administration
Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration
Organizational Culture
Participative Decision Making
Personnel Selection - organization & administration
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - organization & administration
Role of Education
Staff Development - organization & administration
Thinking Skills
United States
Veterans
Workforce
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Nursing continues to face professional workforce and diversity shortage problems. This article advocates for examining an untapped resource-the consideration of applicants for nursing leadership and educational positions in civilian health care organizations. This untapped resource is highly qualified, already retired (or going to be separated) military nurse officers (MNOs) who possess extensive health care knowledge, as well as distinctive ethnicity and gender composition. Clinical educators, as part of the organizational leadership, can play an important role in assisting the MNO civilian position assimilation because they come from a structured and unique cultural environment. Several innovative preparatory strategies are proposed to highlight the organization's support and commitment regarding preselection, recruiting, hiring, and mentoring, including the use of a specific navigational mentor to achieve the necessary acquired cultural assimilation for the MNO's success, satisfaction, and retention. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2016;47(11):503-510.
ISSN:0022-0124
1938-2472
DOI:10.3928/00220124-20161017-09