Transitioning Nurse Practitioners into Assistant Professors
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https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss1.301Keywords:
Nursing Shortage, Nurse Practitioner, Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP), Assistant Professor of Nursing, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Teach, Mentor, Collaborate, Clinical experience, Systems level thinking, High quality of care, Research, Agents of changeAbstract
As the nursing shortage continues to increase, there is a need for qualified nursing faculty. The development of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice, a terminal degree with a focus on clinical practice, has the potential to bridge the gap of nursing faculty. Nurse practitioners are transition into education. Nurse practitioners are experts in various practice areas but novice nursing faculty. Mentoring of new faculty by seasoned faculty is a way to grow excellent nursing faculty and increase retention of employees. Many resources exist to make this transition smooth.
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