PMID- 22261600
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120508
LR  - 20120120
IS  - 1532-8481 (Electronic)
IS  - 8755-7223 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012 Jan-Feb
TI  - Is eligibility for tenure possible for the doctor of nursing practice-prepared 
      faculty?
PG  - 13-7
LID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.001 [doi]
AB  - The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived feasibility of the 
      eligibility for tenure being granted to nurses prepared at the doctor of nursing 
      practice (DNP) level. An exploratory survey was conducted utilizing doctor of 
      philosophy faculty and deans randomly chosen from the doctor of nursing program 
      list obtained from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. A 
      questionnaire was developed that was used to gather data regarding the perceived 
      feasibility, benefits, concerns, and challenges inherent in the tenure process as 
      they relate to DNP-prepared faculty in becoming eligible for tenure. The findings 
      indicate that it may be feasible for DNP-prepared faculty to become eligible for 
      tenure. Several benefits were cited, including recruitment and retention of 
      qualified faculty. There were concerns noted as well, the most predominant being 
      the lack of training of the DNP to be successful in producing scholarly research. 
      The challenges related to the need for reevaluating the criteria used in granting 
      tenure to DNP-prepared faculty.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Nicholes, Robert H
AU  - Nicholes RH
AD  - Westminster College, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 
      USA.
FAU - Dyer, Jean
AU  - Dyer J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Prof Nurs
JT  - Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of 
      Colleges of Nursing
JID - 8511298
SB  - IM
MH  - *Education, Nursing, Graduate
MH  - *Eligibility Determination
MH  - Faculty, Nursing
EDAT- 2012/01/21 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/09 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/21 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/01/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - S8755-7223(11)00156-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Prof Nurs. 2012 Jan-Feb;28(1):13-7. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.001.