From learning to teach to teaching effectiveness: nurse educators describe their experiences
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Published on: June 21, 2010
Aim:
The aim of the study was to understand the lived experience of nurse educators and the characteristics, traits, practices, and experiences that influenced their development and competence.
Background:
The nurse and nurse faculty shortage has resulted in a continuous demand for new nurse educators. Clinical experts recruited as faculty face numerous challenges in the move to academia.
Method:
A purposive sample of nurse educators with five or more years of full-time teaching experience, peer-nominated as effective teachers, was recruited for this phenomenological study.
Results:
Eight overarching themes were identified, including factors that supported new faculty entering academia and the process of learning to teach in higher education. Characteristics of effective teachers are explored, with implications for both new and experienced faculty.
Conclusion:
Suggestions for attracting more nurses to academia and supporting retention of current faculty are provided.
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