title: Academic help seeking: theory and strategies for nursing faculty.
abstract: This article examines the topic of academic student help seeking and its significance to nursing faculty. Content includes definitions of help seeking, pertinent theory and research on the influence of individual and environmental factors on academic help-seeking behaviors, and suggested strategies in assisting undergraduate nursing students in help seeking endeavors.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Ohio, College of Nursing, Toledo, Ohio, USA. carolyn.lee@utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Carolyn J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006040:Goals; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009042:Motivation; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009949:Orientation; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012931:Social Environment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*