Changing the Face of Nursing Faculty: Minority Faculty Recruitment and Retention

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 253-261

  Stanley, Joan M ^a   Capers, Cynthia Flynn ^b   Berlin, Linda E ^c  

^a AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Berlin Sechrist Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority nursing faculty; Nursing shortage; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548833565     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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