Background Colleges and universities across the nation are striving to meet the challenges
of rapidly changing educational systems and are reconsidering the role of the faculty in an …

As nursing faculty practice becomes a part of academic life, nursing programs in liberal arts
colleges, where the primary mission is teaching, must document not only that practice is …

Progress in the discipline of nursing is predicated on the development of a community of
scholars who have passion for substance. Nurse educators are challenged to develop …

Nurse educators face a myriad of challenges (eg, changing student populations, increased
demand for the use of technology, faculty shortages, and facilitating the development of self …

The scholarship of teaching is considered an essential component of scholarship within
academic settings. To promote the transfer of knowledge specific to the discipline of nursing …

Background Teaching-intensive universities require faculty to have increased teaching
workloads. Nursing faculty have additional burdens that faculty members in other disciplines …

Many nurse academicians are also advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the United States
(US). Such faculty are often involved in clinical practice activities which require specific …

The notion of scholarship as a process and product of inquiry has received abundant
attention since Boyer, in association with The Carnegie Foundation, challenged the narrowly …

“Nursing is a science that is applied in practice and is deeply rooted in a fundamental
commitment to meeting the health needs of people regardless of their life circumstances”(J …

Ernest Boyer made a significant contribution to the manner in which scholarship is
envisioned by faculty with his 1990 publication, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the …