title: The Lived Experience of Minority Nursing Faculty: A Phenomenological Study.
abstract: The lived experience of full-time nursing faculty has recently been detailed. However, similar information is not available about minority nursing faculty.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose is to explore the lived experience of minority nursing faculty.
  
  
  METHODS
  The design is a phenomenological study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five female faculty with 8 to 13 years of experience in a full-time position shared experiences through face-to-face interviews. A simplified version of Hycner's five-step explicitation process was used for interpretation and data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six themes emerged--missing mentorship, lack of collegial support, harnessing external support, acculturation, feeling isolated, and I feel more like a minority here.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Minority nursing faculty face challenges similar to minority faculty in other disciplines in higher institutions. However, acculturation has not been discussed in phenomenological studies of similar populations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings have bearings on strategies for increasing minority nursing faculty and assessing mentoring practices in nursing programs.
authors.forename: Folasade M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kolade
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Acculturation; Mentors; Nursing education; Nursing faculty; Qualitative research