title: Creating a healthy work environment for nursing faculty.
abstract: Nursing administrators and faculty have a professional and ethical responsibility to develop and maintain a caring and healthy work environment for nursing faculty. To recruit and retain quality nursing faculty in the current nursing faculty shortage, a healthy work environment is essential. This article focuses on nursing administrators' and nursing faculty members' role in promoting a healthy academic work environment. Strategies to develop and sustain this environment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA. kuehn@stolaf.edu
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kuehn
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003405:Creativity; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology