Charting new frontiers: Advancing practice-based scholarship in nursing academia.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Science
• Practice Scholarship
• Academic-Practice Partnerships

Background:

• Nursing leaders advocate for advancing nursing science through practice scholarship.
• Clinical track nursing faculty are key to leading practice-based scholarship.
• A lack of coordinated support hinders clinical faculty scholarship engagement and dissemination.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the implementation and outcomes of a strategic infrastructure designed to support clinical track nursing faculty in developing practice-based scholarship.

Main Methods:

• Implementation of a Practice Scholarship Advisor role (0.2 FTE) to support faculty in academic-practice partnerships.
• Piloting comprehensive strategies for quality improvement planning and dissemination support from 2022 to 2024.

Main Results:

• Clinical track faculty submitted 12 professional conference abstracts and 6 peer-reviewed journal manuscripts.
• The majority of submissions were from first-time presenters and authors.
• Faculty experienced promotions and increased enthusiasm for scholarship.

Conclusions:

• Dedicated strategies and resources are essential for increasing practice-based scholarship among clinical track nursing faculty.
• Strategic support amplifies nursing scholarship and innovation, thereby advancing nursing science.
• The Practice Scholarship Advisor role effectively facilitated faculty engagement in scholarly activities.