Abstract

Queen's University Belfast's School of Nursing and Midwifery has revised its current selection process and introduced a new values-based approach to its recruitment procedure to ensure an increased focus on personal attributes and values. This paper reports on how the recruitment and selection to nursing can be improved.

Author Details

Marian Traynor, EdD, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; Roger Ellis, PhD, DSc, University of Ulster, Belfast, United Kingdom; Colin McNeill, MBA; Allen Erskine, MBA -- Identity Exploration Ltd, Identity Exploration Ltd, Armagh, United Kingdom

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Lead Author Affiliation

Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

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Research Approach

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Keywords:

Values Based Recruitment, Psychometric Testing, Selection to Pre-registration Nursing

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Using a psychometric instrument to identify core nursing values: Implications for selection and recruitment

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Queen's University Belfast's School of Nursing and Midwifery has revised its current selection process and introduced a new values-based approach to its recruitment procedure to ensure an increased focus on personal attributes and values. This paper reports on how the recruitment and selection to nursing can be improved.