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Nursing: profession in peril.

Roberta J Emerson1, Kathie Records

  • 1Intercollegiate College of Nursing, Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane, WA 99224-5291, USA. emersonb@wsu.edu

Journal of Professional Nursing : Official Journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
|February 1, 2005
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The nursing profession faces a critical shortage of research-skilled faculty due to retirements and few new scholars. This decline threatens nursing knowledge advancement and requires immediate institutional and individual support strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Academic Scholarship
  • Health Professions Research

Background:

  • The nursing profession's advancement is historically linked to higher education's support for scholarship.
  • A declining number of experienced nursing faculty in research and scholarship poses a significant risk to the profession's future development.
  • Existing faculty face increasing demands in teaching and service, limiting their capacity for research and scholarly activities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the critical decline in nursing faculty with research and scholarship expertise.
  • To highlight the risks this trend poses to the nursing profession's knowledge base.
  • To propose actionable strategies for both nursing academic institutions and individual faculty to support research and scholarship.

Main Methods:

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  • This study is a conceptual analysis and synthesis of the current state of nursing academia.
  • It reviews the historical role of higher education in fostering nursing scholarship.
  • It identifies challenges faced by current nursing faculty and proposes future-oriented solutions.

Main Results:

  • The number of nursing faculty skilled in research is decreasing due to retirements and a lack of new academic scholars.
  • Increased institutional demands on faculty further exacerbate the shortage of time and energy for scholarly pursuits.
  • The viability of the nursing profession is directly dependent on the continuous generation and dissemination of new knowledge.

Conclusions:

  • Nursing academic institutions and faculty must recognize the essential role of research and scholarship for professional advancement.
  • Proactive institutional and individual strategies are crucial to ensure the continued development of nursing knowledge.
  • Supporting faculty research and scholarship is vital for the future growth and credibility of the nursing profession.