Defining scholarly activity in nursing education.
In an attempt to address the question of what activities should be considered scholarly, thereby warranting their inclusion in a nursing faculty evaluation model, a study was undertaken which surveyed all National League for Nursing accredited baccalaureate educational programs. The items in the instrument were generated utilizing the Delphi method and a pilot study established inter-respondent reliability. A response rate of 73% was attained. Scholarly activity was considered highly important in evaluation for promotion and tenure in over 50% of the schools. There were distinct differences in the activities deemed scholarly when respondents were broken down into categories such as size and type of institution and the existence or non-existence of graduate nursing programs in the same institution.
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Biegel
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Bopp
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Dolphin
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Ernst
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Hagedorn
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Malkiewicz
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Payton
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D003120:Colorado; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012106:Research; D013663:Teaching; D014956:Writing