A recent grant from the Conway Innovation Challenge is supporting development of the School of Nursing faculty residency program: Transition from Clinician to Faculty: A Residency for Aspiring Nursing Faculty.
This project was developed to address the serious national shortage of nurses by increasing the number of high-quality nursing faculty.
The Conway Challenge aims to increase the number of adjunct and clinical teachers who may move to full-time faculty roles by developing hybrid nursing-faculty residency (NFR) programs that will be more accessible to recent graduates and current clinicians.
Concerns about the dire nursing shortage have dominated the national conversation about health care delivery for years. Numerous causes have been identified, including the stress and resulting burnout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, poor working conditions and safety concerns.
In addition, nursing faculty vacancies are equally alarming. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), full-time faculty vacancies totaled more than 2,100 in 2022, and the number is expected to rise.
“This is a critical time for the nursing profession and health care in general,” Nursing School Dean Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow said. “For our clinical nursing alumni who may be thinking about pursing a faculty role, the Conway grant offers a terrific opportunity to reach for bigger goals and use their current skills in a new and challenging way.”
The school’s faculty residency program will create a mentorship program using nursing school faculty; provide state-of-the-art simulation training; and deliver instruction on curriculum development, classroom teaching, theory and clinical evaluation, among other skills.
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