Transitioning to a Faculty Role in Nursing Education: A Comprehensive Guide

By Judith A. Halstead PhD RN ANEF FAAN (Author), Betsy Frank PhD RN ANEF (Author)

First Edition Winner of the Journal of Nursing Education’s Top Teaching Tools Award!

This award-winning text presents top-notch guidance and a host of practical tools for nursing clinicians transitioning into a faculty role. The second edition is updated to address the many significant innovations taking place in nursing education and how they affect the faculty role including expanding emphasis on interprofessional education, increasing use of interactive teaching strategies and technology enhanced learning, acquiring research funding in a competitive environment, and the growing importance of fostering faculty leadership and succession.

New to the Second Edition:

• Discusses key changes and challenges in the nursing profession, health care, higher education, and nursing education
• Covers teaching in interprofessional education environments
• Addresses teaching in technology enhanced learning environments and evolving curricular models
• Explains how to establish teaching presence
• Emphasizes developing faculty leaders and leadership succession
• Addresses acquiring funding to support research
• Includes new chapter on establishing student-faculty relationships

Key Features:

• Delivers proven strategies to help novice educators assume the faculty role
• Provides real-life case studies describing how to manage common challenges
• Includes resources, tips, and strategies on navigating the first faculty year
• Helps novice educators to engage in self-assessment to determine best fit in the academic environment

Product Details:

Pages: 222

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 2 edition (August 5, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0826139981

ISBN-13: 978-0826139986

Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches