title: Defining scholarly activity in nursing education.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biegel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bopp
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Dolphin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagedorn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malkiewicz
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Payton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sawatzky
mesh_terms: 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