NURSING FACULTY CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
Contributors: University Of Illinois At Chicago, Health Sciences Center.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: Documentation of the current status of academic career development of nursing faculty in higher education was obtained from a randomly selected national sample of 242 (80.7% response) nursing educators. A survey design and triangulation methodology used mailed questionnaires for quantitative and audiotaped telephone interviews for qualitative data collections.

From a review of the literature, four specific questions were developed to document the career patterns, career transitions, personal factors, and institutional factors that affect academic careers. Findings indicate tailored approach of faculty development activities throughout the academic career is required to meet the needs of nursing faculty, from the establishment of mentor relationships for beginning faculty to specific strategies for the retiring faculty. Division of faculty labor needs to be redefined among teaching, research, institutional service, public service, and clinical practice activities in order for nursing faculty to meet the promotional criteria in higher education.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: B, page: 2838.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, 1986.

School code: 0806.