title: Successes and challenges of a distant faculty model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The planning, implementation, and evaluation of a 2-year pilot project for a distant faculty model is presented through the reflections of the distant faculty member and other stakeholders. A school of nursing with a 15-year history of offering distance education graduate programs served as the setting for this project.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, the distant faculty model was successful. It is anticipated that new opportunities to explore the distant faculty role will exist as the university expands its current online campus initiatives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This distant faculty model can be adopted by other schools of nursing interested in employing faculty at a distance and provides an opportunity to manage faculty shortage.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zungolo
authors.forename: Joan Such
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000639:trends; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Distant faculty model; distant faculty; nursing education