An immodest proposal: pay equity for nursing faculty who do clinical teaching

Area of Science:

• Health Sciences
• Gender Studies
• Workplace Equity

Background:

• Pay equity, or equal pay for equal/comparable work, is a significant issue for women.
• Academic settings were expected to offer pay equity, but this is not universally true.
• Clinical nursing education serves as a case study for gender-based pay discrimination in women's work.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine gender discrimination in pay within clinical nursing education.
• To present a model for understanding pay inequity in academic nursing roles.
• To offer strategies for contesting pay inequity.

Main Methods:

• Analysis of pay structures in clinical nursing education.
• Development of a proposal framework for addressing pay inequity.
• Presentation of a case study detailing a contestation of pay inequity.

Main Results:

• Clinical nursing education exemplifies gender discrimination in compensation.
• Existing academic structures may perpetuate pay inequity for women in nursing.
• The presented case study offers a practical approach to challenging pay disparities.

Conclusions:

• Pay equity is not fully realized in clinical nursing education.
• Gender discrimination persists in women's work within academic nursing.
• The study provides a model and case study for advocating for pay equity.