lori candela, edd, rn, fnp-bc, cne sarah keating, edd, rn, faan associate professor endowed...
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Lori Candela, EdD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE Sarah Keating, EdD, RN, FAANAssociate Professor Endowed Professor
School of Nursing Orvis School of NursingUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas University of Nevada Reno
Antonio Gutierrez, PhDPost-Doctoral Researcher & Teaching Professor
School of Nursing University of Nevada Las Vegas
This study funded through a grant from the American Nurses Foundation
Nursing faculty routinely carry out:Teaching, research, service, clinical practice
What is shifting:Available resourcesProtracted shortages of nursing and facultyPublic demands for outcomes
Lack of studies regarding nursing faculty worklife
Wave of nursing faculty retirementsSalary Role conflictStressConcerns with tenure/ promotion processJob satisfactionRecognition from othersAdministrative support
Examine factors associated with the work life of nursing faculty in the United States
Analyze how those factors affect faculty intent to become, stay, or consider leaving the role
Sample
Materials & Instruments
Procedure
Data Analysis
Adapted with permissionNLN questionnaire on nursing faculty role satisfaction
Researcher-developed itemsItems currently undergoing validation procedures
CFA and SEM
nursing faculty members’ intent regarding the faculty role
Perceived teaching expertise
Support of administration
Perceptions of productivity
Choice of career in nursing
nursing faculty members’ generational differences with respect to intent
Veterans
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Millennials
LimitationsSelf-report survey Purely descriptive, cross-sectional designNature or environmental factors was not explored
Strengths Representative sample … more accurate information
nursing faculty demographicsRepresentativeness
Age
Diversity
Doctoral education
Role conflict
Organizational/administration support of faculty members’ efforts
nursing leadership
Productivity efforts
Recognition
Generation … exploit each generation’s strengths?
Future researchInclusion of more qualitative questions to gain a deeper, richer perspectiveFocus groups with randomly selected sample of nursing leaders and faculty