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1About the Author Joan Owens, PhD, RNC-MNN, is an MSN program director and assistant professor at Gonzaga University School of Nursing, Spokane, Washington. For more information, contact her at owensj@gonzaga.edu.
Nursing Education Perspectives
|June 9, 2017
Summary
Nurse educators with moderate life balance report higher job satisfaction. Understanding factors like support and workload can help reduce burnout and address the nurse faculty shortage.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education Research
- Work-Life Balance Studies
Background:
- Nurse educator life balance is critical to mitigating the national nurse faculty shortage.
- Lack of work-life balance contributes to job dissatisfaction and burnout among nurse educators.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between nurse educator life balance, quality of life, and their lived experiences.
- To inform strategies for preventing or minimizing professional challenges leading to dissatisfaction and burnout.
Main Methods:
- Employed a convergent parallel mixed-methods research design.
- Integrated quantitative and qualitative data for comprehensive analysis.
Main Results:
- A moderate level of life balance was associated with increased perceived job satisfaction.
- Key themes identified include Support, Demands, Workload, and Personal/Time Attributes.
Conclusions:
- Study findings offer insights for developing interventions to alleviate the nurse educator shortage.
- Strategies can be created to improve work-life balance and job satisfaction in nursing education.
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