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A Systematic Review: Instruments to Measure Educator Retention Concepts
Virginia Tufano1, Diana Martinez Dolan, Pamela Willson
1About the Authors Virginia Tufano, EdD, MSN, RN, is assistant professor, St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas. Diana Martinez Dolan, PhD, RN, CNML, is assistant professor and MSN leadership and administration coordinator, St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University. Pamela Willson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, NE-BC, FAANP, is professor and director, Graduate Program, St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University. For more information, contact Dr. Tufano at vet17@txstate.edu.
Aim:
The purpose of this study was to identify quantitative instruments that measure characteristics that support nurse educator education, specifically social support, motivation, and work opportunity.
Background:
Vacancies in nurse faculty positions have left nursing education unable to increase the number of nurses prepared to enter the workforce.
Method:
A review of education, nursing, and psychological databases was undertaken to identify reported instruments. Identified instruments were analyzed to match three framework-derived concept categories: social support, internal motivators, and work opportunity. Search terms, retrievals, and quality assessments are discussed; identified instruments are ranked by concept categories.
Results:
Of 98 articles retrieved, 85 underwent full review, and 7 met the inclusion criteria. From these reports, 20 unique instruments were identified and analyzed.
Conclusions:
There are quantitative instruments that measure the concepts found in the Nurse Educator Retention Framework.
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