Factors contributing to the shortage of nurse faculty: A review of the literature

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 565-569

  McDermid, Fiona ^a   Peters, Kath ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   Daly, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurse academic shortage; Nurse education; Nurse faculty shortage; Nursing workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84862536388     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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