title: African American nursing faculty: where are they?
abstract: African American nursing faculty members are scarce in today's society. The National League for Nursing (NLN) developed a report of the faculty census survey of Registered Nurses (RN) and graduate programs in 2002. The report indicates that only 6.6% nursing faculty are African American compared to 91.0% Caucasian nursing faculty (NLN, 2003). Previous published literature explores reasons African Americans are not choosing academic careers, reasons for termination of employment, regions in the U.S. where African American faculty are employed, and strategies employed to recruit additional African American nursing faculty.
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Godfrey
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009042:Motivation; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States