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Fostering career interest in community nursing: early strategic approaches in education, clinical placements, and mentorship for nursing students are crucial
  1. Ayan Mack1,
  2. Tanvir C Turin1,2
  1. 1Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tanvir C Turin, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada; turin.chowdhury{at}ucalgary.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104076

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    Commentary on: Chee, JMP, Rusli KDB, Tan ZYA, Tan AJQ, Ang SGM, Lau ST, Seah B, Liaw SY. Perceptions of community care among nursing students: A cross-sectional study with implications to the nursing workforce. Nurse Education Today. 2024; 137:106162. 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106162

    Implications for education and research

    • With the shift towards delivering healthcare services in homes, communities and primary healthcare settings, nursing curricula should integrate community nursing early in the program and provide diverse placements with mentorship opportunities to highlight career paths in this specialty.

    • Future research should explore effective implementation strategies to enhance student perceptions of community care and address workforce challenges in this field.

    Context

    The increasing demand for postacute and home-based care programmes creates an urgent need to expand the community nursing workforce.1 However, a gap in attracting graduates into community care contributes to a problematic shortage of community nurses.1 2 Nurse shortages can seriously affect community health by impeding healthcare access and worsening disparities …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.