title: Nursing clinical faculty revisited: the benefits of developing staff nurses as clinical scholars.
abstract: One of the major contributing factors to the nursing shortage in Colorado and nationally is a scarcity of clinical faculty required to prepare new nurses. This article describes an innovative, collaborative project that purposefully prepares staff nurses to assume the role of clinical scholar. Although there are several models that have sought to make clinically expert nurses available as teaching faculty, the breadth and scope of the described project with its multiple partners is unique. In the first year of this grant, the identified goals were achieved. In addition, there have been significant serendipitous outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, Denver, CO 80222, USA.
authors.forename: Karren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homer
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Center
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kane
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003120:Colorado; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*