Social justice as an expression of caring through holistic admissions in a nursing program: A proposed conceptual model.

Aim: This paper presents HAR as an expression of caring to create social justice within nursing and achieve a workforce that is representative of those being served.

Background: The lack of diversity within the health professions has been expressly linked in the literature to health disparities among underrepresented and marginalized groups.

Recommendations: Recognizing the value of diversity within healthcare has been the impetus for some health profession programs to use holistic admissions review (HAR) in the assessment and evaluation of applicant suitability.

Student Immersion in Perioperative Nursing.

The aging workforce and the lack of perioperative clinical practice and theoretical content in nursing education programs are factors contributing to the perioperative nursing shortage. This article discusses the implementation of a creatively designed perioperative program, which includes a didactic course and a 210-hour clinical course, developed by the faculty members of a Michigan school of nursing in collaboration with administrators at area hospitals. The didactic content covers materials presented during the first three months of orientation for newly employed perioperative nurses.