Overview of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars program.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars program was created to address the nursing faculty shortage and thereby decrease the nursing shortage.



The purpose of the study was to describe the program development, implementation, and ongoing outcome evaluation.



Data on scholarly productivity, impact of research, research funding, and leadership positions were compiled, including an h-index (impact of publications) comparison with a comparison group of other interdisciplinary faculty at the same institutions of the 90 current and alumni scholars.



There is evidence of the achievements of the individual scholars; however, the effect of the synergy of the multiple components of the program is difficult to capture in traditional evaluation strategies.



The sense of possibility and responsibility (to the profession, to improving the health of all Americans, and to one's school of nursing and university) was a significant outcome of the program. Lessons learned from the program are important for the leadership development and retention of nursing faculty.
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, Baltimore, MD.
Jacquelyn
J
Campbell
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.
Maryjoan D
MD
Ladden
Indiana University School of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, Indianapolis, IN.
Angela Barron
AB
McBride
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
Andrea
A
Cimino
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Alumna, Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
Elizabeth
E
Kostas-Polston
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: kdeming1@jhu.edu.
Katie
K
Deming
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Impact factor; Leadership; Nurse faculty; Nursing academia; Nursing research; Program outcome; Publications; Research