The quest for workload equity in nurse faculty teaching.
Nurse faculty teaching workload
Workload allocation
Workload equity
Journal
Nursing outlook
ISSN: 1528-3968
Titre abrégé: Nurs Outlook
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401075
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
17
04
2020
revised:
10
06
2020
accepted:
16
06
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
2
2
2021
entrez:
28
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
While nurse faculty may believe that they teach more than faculty in other academic departments, their perceptions are difficult to corroborate when workload policies are not transparent at institutions. This descriptive study was designed to examine inequities in teaching workloads between nurse faculty and their academic colleagues from the perspectives of Deans and Directors of Nursing Programs. A web-based, investigator-developed survey was emailed to Nurse Unit Leaders in spring, 2019. The final sample included 224 respondents. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Nurse Unit Leaders perceived that nurse faculty teach larger classes and more courses than their academic peers. Survey respondents attributed these and other variations at their institutions to the complexity of teaching responsibilities in nursing units and the limited understanding of these responsibilities by university administrators. Ensuring equitable teaching workloads requires transparent policies and an organizational culture committed to faculty governance.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
While nurse faculty may believe that they teach more than faculty in other academic departments, their perceptions are difficult to corroborate when workload policies are not transparent at institutions.
PURPOSE
This descriptive study was designed to examine inequities in teaching workloads between nurse faculty and their academic colleagues from the perspectives of Deans and Directors of Nursing Programs.
METHODS
A web-based, investigator-developed survey was emailed to Nurse Unit Leaders in spring, 2019. The final sample included 224 respondents. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
FINDINGS
Nurse Unit Leaders perceived that nurse faculty teach larger classes and more courses than their academic peers. Survey respondents attributed these and other variations at their institutions to the complexity of teaching responsibilities in nursing units and the limited understanding of these responsibilities by university administrators.
DISCUSSION
Ensuring equitable teaching workloads requires transparent policies and an organizational culture committed to faculty governance.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32713733
pii: S0029-6554(20)30275-X
doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.06.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
43-49Informations de copyright
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