title: A systematic assessment of strategies to address the nursing faculty shortage, U.S.
abstract: This article provides an assessment of strategies implemented nationwide to counter the nursing faculty shortage, highlights those indicating most promise, and proposes a basis for evaluating outcomes. The deficit of educators is a key impediment to filling the growing demand for nurses generated by an aging population and a weak supply of new graduates, which has left up to 13% of hospital RN positions vacant. Educational institutions have adopted various approaches to expand faculty resources with the goal of increasing nursing student enrollment. After conducting a systematic review of the literature from 2000 onward, we analyzed and coded these initiatives using techniques of content analysis and constant comparison. We induced 4 large domains from the data: advocacy, educational partnerships, academic innovation, and external funding. For each domain we identified an exemplar that is substantial, sustainable and replicable. We then proposed a basis for evaluating the impact of these strategies to facilitate replication.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Janet D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Jillian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aldebron
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D018961:Educational Technology; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008402:Mass Media; D015401:Nursing Administration Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D012938:Social Perception; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States