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Ryan P Crawford1, Tammy Barbé, Patricia J Troyan
1About the Authors Ryan P. Crawford, PhD, RN, CNE, is an assistant professor, Mary Black College of Nursing, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Tammy Barbé, PhD, RN, CNE, is interim dean and associate dean for graduate programs, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. Patricia J. Troyan, EdD, RN, CNM, CNE, is an associate professor, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, Mercer University. The authors acknowledge Nancy Bittner, PhD, CNS, RN, and Justus Randolph, PhD, for their assistance in this study. Dr. Crawford was a participant in the 2021 National League for Nursing Scholarly Writing Retreat sponsored by the National League for Nursing Foundation for Nursing Education. For more information, contact her at crawfo56@uscupstate.edu.
Aim:
This study explored how full-time, prelicensure baccalaureate nursing faculty members described their experiences with work-life balance.
Background:
With increasing shortages of nursing faculty and practicing nurses, schools of nursing are developing faculty recruitment and retention efforts. It is imperative to understand the experiences of nursing faculty with regard to balancing their work and personal lives.
Method:
A web-based survey including two open-ended questions related to work-life balance was disseminated to deans of nursing programs, who disseminated the survey to nursing faculty. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.
Results:
The sample (n = 320) was representative of current nursing faculty demographics. Three themes emerged: Relationship With Administration, Nursing Faculty Workload, and Boundary Setting. Opposing subthemes were noted in each theme.
Conclusion:
Administrators may use the findings from this study to create administrator and faculty development opportunities and mentorship programs that promote work-life balance of nursing faculty.
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