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Ortiz, Anna M.; Hinojosa, Alejandro – New Directions for Student Services, 2010
This chapter explores the challenges that undocumented students face as they enact their career development process, considering the theoretical perspectives and developmental processes that uniquely complicate their aspirations. The authors review the professional development challenges that undocumented students face as they make career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Undocumented Immigrants, Professional Development, Career Choice
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Smith, Shirley G.; Firmin, Michael W. – Journal of School Nursing, 2009
This is a phenomenological study of 25 school nurses employed in a large, urban school district in the midwestern section of the United States. In addition to school nursing, the participants also had professional work experience in other nursing specialties. Thematic analysis of the data focused on the challenges faced by the school nurses, their…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Job Satisfaction, School Nurses, Work Experience
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Smith, Shirley G.; Firmin, Michael W. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2009
This is a phenomenological, qualitative study of 25 school nurses employed in a large, urban school district in the Midwestern section of the United States. The study's participants possess histories of professional work experiences in nursing specialties other than school nursing. Thematic analysis of the data revealed three prominent factors…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Urban Schools, Attitudes, Career Choice
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Streng, Nancy J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
Student health advocates (SHAs) are high school students who, under the supervision of the school nurse, provide health education and health promotion activities to other students via a peer education model. This 3-year follow-up study explored how the SHA experience influences career choice and attitudes of the participants. It also examined what…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Career Choice, Followup Studies