A millennial benchmark of nurse-academics' scholarly productivity.
The benchmark against which nurse-academics are primarily judged remains scholarly productivity. This study sought to examine levels of scholarly productivity amongst Australian nurse academics: where they are putting their emphasis, and what progress they are making. This quantitative study used a questionnaire survey technique that identified individual items of scholarship over a two-year period. The use of two author-developed rating scales, the General Scholarship Index (GSI) and the DEST Scholarship Index (DSI) enabled a comparison of nurse academics with other academic disciplines. Findings from the study underscore the positive association between academic rank, qualifications and scholarly productivity. To facilitate increasing the latter to a level comparable with other disciplines, nurse academics may need to refocus their energies on DEST approved activities. A work climate more conducive to fostering the ethos and skills of academic scholarly productivity is needed.
Roberts
Kay
K
School of Health Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Sidney, BC, Canada.
Turnbull
Beverley J
BJ
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001319:Authorship; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002322:Career Mobility; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014956:Writing