title: Solving the nurse faculty shortage: exploring retention issues.
abstract: Researchers have explored reasons why nurse faculty leave academia, but few have focused on factors that encourage them to stay. Using Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, an online cross-sectional survey was completed by 1,171 tenured nurse faculty nationwide. Factor analysis revealed that the most significant factor influencing retention was professional satisfaction with faculty identity, including the ability to shape nursing practice. Academia may benefit by considering these factors to promote nurse faculty retention.
authors.affiliation: MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Georgine R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Berent
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anderko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012933:Social Identification