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RN-to-BSN Students' Intent to Become Faculty: A Multisite Study
Diana K Bond1, Annette I Peery, Yolanda M VanRiel
1Author Affiliations: Clinical Associate Professor Emerita (Dr Bond), Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (Dr Peery), Professor Emerita and Past Director of MSN Nursing Education Concentration (Dr Winters-Thornburg), and Professor and Chief Statistician (Dr Swanson), College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville; Associate Professor and MSN Nursing Education Concentration Program Coordinator (Dr VanRiel), College of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Associate Professor (Dr Gazza), School of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Wilmington; and Associate Professor and Director of Institute for Educational Excellence (Dr Phillips), Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina.
Background:
A nursing faculty shortage means fewer nurses, exacerbating nursing shortages.
Purpose:
The purpose was to determine RN-to-BSN students' intent for a future nurse faculty role. A secondary purpose was to evaluate differences between students who indicated high and low intent to pursue a faculty role.
Methods:
The study was multisite and multimethod using 5 instruments.
Results:
Of 137 RN-to-BSN students who completed the online survey, 20% indicated they intended to pursue a future faculty role. Students with high intent to pursue a faculty role reported higher self-efficacy and interests in faculty activities. Only 6 of the high-intent students had been encouraged to pursue a future faculty role.
Conclusions:
RN-to-BSN students may be receptive to encouragement to consider a nursing faculty role in the future.
