Strategies to enhance retention and effective utilization of aging nurse faculty

Society faces an unprecedented shortage of nurses. One driver for the deficit is a shortfall in the number of faculty members available to educate current and future nurses. Another driver is the increasing age of nurse faculty. With the average age of master's and doctoral faculty older than a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2007-04, Vol.46 (4), p.165-169
Main Author: Falk, Nancy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aging
Educational Environment
Faculty, Nursing - supply & distribution
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Job Satisfaction
Leadership
Lifelong Learning
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Administration Research
Personnel Management
Retirement
Role Conflict
Studies
United States
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Society faces an unprecedented shortage of nurses. One driver for the deficit is a shortfall in the number of faculty members available to educate current and future nurses. Another driver is the increasing age of nurse faculty. With the average age of master's and doctoral faculty older than age 50, nurse educators face short-term and long-term decisions about work and retirement. Aging faculty members bring intellectual capital, wisdom, leadership expertise, and a wealth of skills and abilities to the workforce. The nursing community, patients, and society will benefit by retaining aging nurse faculty in the workforce on a full-time or part-time basis. This article examines nurse faculty workforce issues and suggests strategies to enhance the heretention and effective utilization of aging nurse faculty.
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20070401-05