title: A profile of nurse-academics in Australian universities.
abstract: This study investigates qualifications, level of employment, state and territory differences, and gender of nurse-academics in Australian universities. It describes these personal and professional characteristics and the interactions of some characteristics. Frequency descriptions were done to describe data, and cross-tabulations and analysis of variance were used to investigate relationships. The most significant findings were that not enough nurse-academics are qualified at the doctoral level, and nurse-academics are underrepresented at senior levels in comparison with all Australian academics. Recommendations for strategies to encourage and facilitate suitably qualified nurse-academics to undertake doctoral study are made.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Science, Faculty of Science, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Northern Territory.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires