Becoming a Transformative Nurse Educator: Finding Safety and Authenticity

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Hoeksel ◽  
Linda L Eddy ◽  
Lida Dekker ◽  
Dawn Doutrich
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Role Transition ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
Shared Stories ◽  
Nurse Clinician

AbstractThe study purpose was to evaluate and strengthen this program’s nursing education curriculum to better prepare and develop future nurse faculty. As the dire nursing faculty shortage increases, the transition of expert nurse clinician to novice educator is receiving more attention. In order to prepare, recruit, and retain the nursing faculty needed to meet the growing nurse shortage, understanding what nurse educators need in order to be successful is essential. Fourteen participants from four focus groups of nurse educators shared stories about their role transition. Two administrators were interviewed to determine what they identified as crucial in hiring new nurse educators. Interpretive analysis focused on identification of themes and possible paradigm cases. Themes that emerged included: a) culture of academia surprises, b) exciting “Aha!” moments, and c) Safety with a capital “S”. These findings were used to strategically revise the entire nurse educator curriculum.

Preparing Nurse Educators: The Current Landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-105
Author(s):  
Susan Hayes Lane ◽  
Eileen Kohlenberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Student Demographics ◽  
Graduate Nursing

There is an urgent need to address the nursing faculty shortage and evaluate current enrollment in nurse educator programs across the country. In this article, we describe a nationwide review of graduate nursing programs focusing on the nursing education shortage; program, faculty, and student demographics; methodological approaches; concentrations, content and practice areas; and future directions for graduate program development.

The Emerging Doctor of Education (EdD) in Instructional Leadership for Nurse Educators

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Graves ◽  
Stephen Tomlinson ◽  
Marilyn Handley ◽  
JoAnn S. Oliver ◽  
Heather Carter-Templeton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Doctor Of Education

AbstractThe nursing faculty shortage is directly related to the ongoing shortage of nurses. As a result of many nursing faculty retiring, the discipline of nursing is losing its most experienced educators. The need is great for programs that will increase access and prepare nurse educators. Doctorate degrees for nurses have evolved in myriad ways. Discussions over the nature of doctoral education for the preparation of nurse educators are at the forefront of debates in nursing education. In response to National League for Nursing (2007; Core competencies of nurse educators, http://www.nln.org/profdev/corecompletter.htm) and Institute of Medicine (2010; The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, http://thefutureofnursing.org/IOM-Report) calls to increase the number of nursing faculty, the colleges of nursing and education at a major university have combined to establish a collaborative doctoral program. This article describes the historical evolution of the nursing doctorate degrees and the development and implementation of the EdD in Instructional Leadership for Nurse Educators.

scholarly journals Mentorship in nursing academia: A qualitative study and call to action

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Lorelli Nowell
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Schools Of Nursing ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Nursing Faculty Members

Objective: Around the world nursing education institutions have been calling for mentorship; however, little is known about nursing faculty member’s perspective on if and why mentorship is important and at what career stages it is most valuable. The purpose of this study is to describe the nursing faculty member’s perspectives on mentorship in Canadian schools of nursing and explore if, why, and when mentorship is perceived to be needed.Methods: A qualitative thematic analysis study was conducted. Participants were purposively samples from the 81 English-speaking schools to capture variation across rank, tenure, school size, and areas within Canada. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 48 nursing faculty members from across Canada. Interview data was thematically analyzed.Results: Mentorship was identified as being essential yet widely absent from academic nursing. Participants viewed mentorship as a professional responsibility, and vital in consideration of the nursing faculty shortage and potential impact on students. There was an expressed need for mentorship during transition, advancement, collaboration, and as a means of way finding essential resources.Conclusions: Identifying nursing faculty member’s perspectives on mentorship is an important first step in developing mentorship in academic nursing. Nursing faculty views should be considered in the development, execution, and evaluation of mentorship programs.

The Nurse Educator's Role in Designing Instruction and Instructional Strategies for Academic and Clinical Settings

2017 ◽  
pp. 133-149
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Medical Expertise ◽  
Problem Solve

Nursing education programs seeking to equip graduates with needed tools to integrate medical expertise with experience in the systematic design of instruction have the opportunity to better ensure positive learning outcomes in varied settings as graduates take on their new roles as nurse educators. The learning environment of the nurse educator is complex yet with skill in the reasoned approach to the design of instruction can progress into more knowable contexts for which to problem solve. Nurse educators possessing interdisciplinary skills in their field facilitated by expertise in instructional design will enhance their practice by developing and delivering precision instruction.

Views on the Nursing Faculty Shortage

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 440-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth D. Corcoran ◽  
Christine A. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage

A Strategy to Address the Nursing Faculty Shortage

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 401-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Ganley ◽  
Ingrid Sheets
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage

scholarly journals Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: A challenge for nursing educators

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Shirin Caldwell ◽  
Hongyan Lu ◽  
Thomas Harding
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Nursing Educators

Providing ethically competent care requires nurses to reflect not only on nursing ethics, but also on their own ethical traditions. New challenges for nurse educators over the last decade have been the increasing globalization of the nursing workforce and the internationalization of nursing education. In New Zealand, there has been a large increase in numbers of Chinese students, both international and immigrant, already acculturated with ethical and cultural values derived from Chinese Confucian moral traditions. Recently, several incidents involving Chinese nursing students in morally conflicting situations have led to one nursing faculty reflecting upon how moral philosophy is taught to non-European students and the support given to Chinese students in integrating the taught curriculum into real-life clinical practice settings. This article uses a case study involving a Chinese student to reflect on the challenges for both faculty members and students when encountering situations that present ethical dilemmas.

Practicing What We Preach: Balancing Teaching and Clinical Practice Competencies

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen A Little ◽  
P. Jane Milliken
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Expert Practice

Most nurse educators fulfill dual roles of clinical practitioner and teacher and thus have to achieve a balance between these two challenging sets of competencies. The authors discuss the obligation and expectation that nurse educators are concurrently experts in clinical practice and education. Is this dual competence a feasible and sustainable goal? To begin to explore this issue, the meanings of 'expert practice' and 'practice competence,' derived from the nursing education literature, are reviewed. Current professional practice competency requirements related to the nurse educator role are discussed. Questions are raised regarding support for and barriers to achieving these competencies. The potential challenges and rewards of this endeavour are presented and illustrated by two nurse educators who share their stories of achieving a balance in teaching and clinical practice competence. Finally, implications for nurse educators and directions for future research into this issue are proposed.

The Nurse Educator's Role in Designing Instruction and Instructional Strategies for Academic and Clinical Settings

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Medical Expertise ◽  
Problem Solve

Nursing education programs seeking to equip graduates with needed tools to integrate medical expertise with experience in the systematic design of instruction have the opportunity to better ensure positive learning outcomes in varied settings as graduates take on their new roles as nurse educators. The learning environment of the nurse educator is complex yet with skill in the reasoned approach to the design of instruction can progress into more knowable contexts for which to problem solve. Nurse educators possessing interdisciplinary skills in their field facilitated by expertise in instructional design will enhance their practice by developing and delivering precision instruction.

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