Nursing faculty collaboration viewed through feminist process. Charleston Faculty Practice Conference Group

The process of evolution experienced by a faculty practice group is viewed through feminist process. A decision to write an article describing their model focused group efforts and served as a catalyst for clarifying needs, values, expectations, and feelings about the group and group process. The group, which began as a support group for nursing faculty, used feminist methods in reviewing the process that led to the writing of an article describing a model for faculty practice and the creation of an environment in which collaborative, collegial relationships could flourish. These ideas were useful in viewing the struggle over issues of leadership, authorship, credit, power, participation, and responsibility experienced by group members.