Original Research

Leveraging faculty practice to grow the nurse practitioner faculty workforce

  • Kelly Gonzales
  • LeAnn Holmes
  • Abbey Klein
  • Leeza Struwe
  • Alyson Hanish
  • College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States

Abstract

Objective: The purpose is to explore opportunities to leverage faculty practice to grow the NP faculty workforce.
Methods: The data were a subset of a larger study surveying NP students and faculty.
Results: Findings support faculty practice as an innovative strategy that can be leveraged to grow the NP faculty workforce.
Conclusions: There are missed opportunities for growing the NP workforce when faculty practice is not being used 1) as a strategy to recruit and retain faculty and 2) to entice NP students to consider a future career in academia.

Keywords: Academia; Burnout; Recruitment; Retention; Shortage; Vacancy; Work-life balance
Article Info
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v15n2p16
Published In
Vol. 15, No. 2
2025
Received
Sep 27, 2024
Accepted
Oct 11, 2024
Published
Jan 13, 2025
How to cite
Gonzales K, Holmes L, Klein A, Struwe L, Hanish A. Leveraging faculty practice to grow the nurse practitioner faculty workforce. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 2025;15(2):16-20.

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