Recruitment into Nursing Resource Manual
Resources/Toolkit Ideas

Need help getting started?

Feel free to contact the following nurses for advice, be it specific or general:

Jean Hensick
Gail Odneal
Joni Hamilton

Resources for free or low cost giveaways

Here's some ideas for places that will provide logo items such as pens, paper, magents, etc.:

Ross Pediatrics
Wyatt
Leadrle
Most drug companies, such as Pfzier or Merck)
State legislators for coloring books
Retail stores (Target, Walmart, K-Mart)
Hospitals and medical centers

Preschool Students (age 2-4 years old)

The rule here is, the more visual and hands on the better. Some ideas:

Nurse kits for play equipment
"You are a Nurse Helper" Certificates from MLN
Box of colorful Band-Aids
Stickers ("Future Nurses")
Dolls and stuffed animals
Surgical caps, masks and booties to dress up as nurses
Lab coat for the speaker to wear over their street clothes

School-Age Youth (5-10 years old)

Above, plus...
Pictures of inside of body, model of insides, or dolls
Computer with internet connection

Lower Middle School (ages 9-12, grades 3-6 +)

MLN Video or film clips
Equipment that students can manipulate
Booklets about nursing and educational preparation needed
Age appropriate anatomy, physiology or healthly living books
Websites for information
Gloves, surgical caps and masks are still a hit
"Future Nurse" certificate
Computer with an internet connection
Critical pathways for examples

Upper Middle and High School Students (grades 7-12)

Sterile gloves and other equipment they can manipulate.
Videos on nursing (MLN and NSNA)

State of Michigan: Contact your legislator and ask for a State of Michigan publication list and ordering information. The State offers publications such as: Child Safety coloring book, Crack Down on Drugs coloring book, Citizen's Guide to Government, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Fire Safety activity book, Recycling coloring book, Your Child

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nursing division publications at www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/

www.pronurse.com - see appendix for information about the materials

Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce. The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body. Scholastic Inc.; NY. 1989 (ISBN 0-590-4127-5)

Fincher, Judy. Miss Malarkey Won't Be in Today. Walker and Company; NY. 1998.
(ISBN 0-8027-7591-8)

Seymour, Simon. The Heart: Our Circulation System. A Mulberry Paperback Book; NY, 1996 (ISBN 0-688-11407-5 trade)

Paperbacks are available about nurses in action or in history. Ask for help from your local library.

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