Creating a Healthy Work Environment for Nursing Faculty

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Kuehn
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Nursing Administrators ◽  
Nursing Faculty Members

Nursing administrators and faculty have a professional and ethical responsibility to develop and maintain a caring and healthy work environment for nursing faculty. To recruit and retain quality nursing faculty in the current nursing faculty shortage, a healthy work environment is essential. This article focuses on nursing administrators’ and nursing faculty members’ role in promoting a healthy academic work environment. Strategies to develop and sustain this environment are discussed.

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.

scholarly journals Attitudes of nursing faculty members toward technology and e-learning in Lebanon

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rona Nsouli ◽  
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Nursing Faculty Members

Abstract Background Our transition to an “information society” means that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become integral to our lives. ICT has also become an essential aspect of medical institutions and healthcare settings. Healthcare professionals, especially nurses are required to use ICT in their daily work. In Lebanon, however, due to political factors, many universities have not introduced technology or any form of ICT in their curricula. Institutions of higher education do use technology in various ways, however, successful incorporation of ICT in education requires acceptance by instructors who are expected to use ICT in teaching practices. Although international findings reveal that ICT should be used in nursing education, some faculty members experience difficulty integrating it. Method A mixed methodological research approach was used to investigate the attitudes of nursing teaching staff toward the use of ICT in nursing education. Results Our findings revealed three categories of faculty with differing attitudes to the use of ICT in teaching and learning: pioneers, faculty members who have developed positive attitudes toward ICT usage; followers, faculty members with neutral attitudes; and resisters, faculty members with negative attitudes. Conclusions Identification of the nursing faculty members’ attitude toward ICT and the challenges faced by them contributes to the integration of ICT into nursing curricula and further development of educational practices.

Compassion Fatigue and the Healthy Work Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesly Kelly ◽  
Michael Todd
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
American Association ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work

Background:Burnout is a concern for critical care nurses in high-intensity environments. Studies have highlighted the importance of a healthy work environment in promoting optimal nurse and patient outcomes, but research examining the relationship between a healthy work environment and burnout is limited.Objective:To examine how healthy work environment components relate to compassion fatigue (eg, burnout, secondary trauma) and compassion satisfaction.Methods:Nurses (n = 105) in 3 intensive care units at an academic medical center completed a survey including the Professional Quality of Life and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Healthy Work Environment standards.Results:Regression models using each Healthy Work Environment component to predict each outcome, adjusting for background variables, showed that the 5 Healthy Work Environment components predicted burnout and that meaningful recognition and authentic leadership predicted compassion satisfaction.Conclusions:Findings on associations between healthy work environment standards and burnout suggest the potential importance of implementing the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Healthy Work Environment standards as a mechanism for decreasing burnout.

scholarly journals Leadership Connection to Emotional Intelligence and Stress at Workplace

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem Ahmed Bashir
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Stress At Work

<p>Emotional intelligence has gained huge attention of practitioners and researchers over the last decade. This paper aims to highlight the relatively less focused, but the key domain of stress at work and its linkage with the emotional intelligence of leadership. Based on previous studies, this study accumulated the issues regarding emotional intelligence of leadership and its capacity to handle the stress more effectively. Though intelligence quotient is necessary for leaders, emotional intelligence of leadership is identified as most significant to cope with stress at work and create a healthy work environment. Specifically, the level of leaders’ emotional intelligence sets for how subordinates respond, to perform more effectively at different stressful circumstances. </p>

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

Authentic Leaders Creating Healthy Work Environments for Nursing Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria R. Shirey
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Healthcare Delivery System ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

Implementation of authentic leadership can affect not only the nursing workforce and the profession but the healthcare delivery system and society as a whole. Creating a healthy work environment for nursing practice is crucial to maintain an adequate nursing workforce; the stressful nature of the profession often leads to burnout, disability, and high absenteeism and ultimately contributes to the escalating shortage of nurses. Leaders play a pivotal role in retention of nurses by shaping the healthcare practice environment to produce quality outcomes for staff nurses and patients. Few guidelines are available, however, for creating and sustaining the critical elements of a healthy work environment. In 2005, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released a landmark publication specifying 6 standards (skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership) necessary to establish and sustain healthy work environments in healthcare. Authentic leadership was described as the “glue” needed to hold together a healthy work environment. Now, the roles and relationships of authentic leaders in the healthy work environment are clarified as follows: An expanded definition of authentic leadership and its attributes (eg, genuineness, trustworthiness, reliability, compassion, and believability) is presented. Mechanisms by which authentic leaders can create healthy work environments for practice (eg, engaging employees in the work environment to promote positive behaviors) are described. A practical guide on how to become an authentic leader is advanced. A research agenda to advance the study of authentic leadership in nursing practice through collaboration between nursing and business is proposed.

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