The other nursing shortage: a regional collaboration to address the shortage of nursing faculty.
A regional collaborative of one major hospital system and nine schools of nursing has addressed the critical shortage of nursing faculty in Northeast Ohio. This model of institutional collaboration is preparing expert nurse clinicians from the hospital nursing staff to assume clinical faculty roles in regional schools of nursing while maintaining their primary role as clinical staff. The model included the development of a recruitment campaign, a uniform application process, an online database, faculty orientation programs, and continuing faculty development opportunities. Currently, more than 240 clinical nursing staff have applied for the program. Two faculty orientation sessions were attended by more than 100 prospective faculty. Additionally, the first continuing faculty development workshop was attended by more than 170 current and prospective nursing faculty. Now in its third year of implementation, the project is expanding its scope to include a broader base of regional partners and to address the issue of sustainability.
Lotas
Lynn
L
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. mjl25@case.edu
McCahon
Cheryl
C
Kavanagh
Joan
J
Dumpe
Michelle
M
Talty
Maureen
M
Knittel
Kathleen
K
O'Malley
Cheryl
C
D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009820:Ohio; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*