title: Faculty to faculty: advice for educators new to teaching in accelerated second baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite a growing faculty shortage, accelerated second baccalaureate degree nursing programs (ASBSN) proliferate. To prepare faculty for this teaching role, guide their development, and enhance recruitment and retention, ASBSN faculty in this descriptive study offered advice to new ASBSN educators.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected online from ASBSN faculty (N = 93) across the midwestern United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six themes emerged: (a) Plan for Program Intensity That Stresses Students and Faculty, (b) Be Available, Flexible, Open-Minded, and Patient, (c) Uphold Early-Established Expectations and Rigorous Standards, (d) Be Prepared for Challenging Questions: Know Your Material and Be Organized, (e) Integrate Students' Diversity Into Teaching and Learning, and (f) Adapt Content and Teaching Strategies to Align With Student and Program Characteristics. Consistency with the Suplee and Gardner new faculty orientation model was explored.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Respondents viewed new ASBSN faculty as active agents who can influence their own effectiveness and success. [J Nurs Educ. 2015;54(6):343-346.].
authors.forename: Melissa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Boellaard
authors.forename: Cheryl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: CeCelia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Zorn
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged