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This project aims to assess and address faculty staffing challenges in Maryland nursing programs to enhance collaboration and find solutions. The study involves collecting data, conducting interviews and focus groups, and analyzing information to make recommendations.
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Eastern Shore/Western Shore Faculty Initiative Judith M. Jarosinski, PhD, RN, CNETina P. Brown Reid, EdD, MSNLisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of HSCRC
Overall Goal • Plan and implement a needs assessment in partnership with selected nursing programs representing diversity in educational offerings, geographic region, student body and faculty.
Purposes of ESWSFI • Reviewing existing faculty staffing challenges across Maryland by program level • Investigate current efforts aimed at managing staffing challenges in Maryland • Explore additional solutions while managing all data in a central location. • Gain a broader understanding of regional similarities and differences in the shortage of nursing faculty and preceptors • Build bridges for collaborative problem-solving
Aspects of the Needs Assessment • Identify participating schools • Gather demographic information and quantitative data • Administrators who do staffing • Collect qualitative data • Administrators who do staffing • Faculty with interest in faculty shortage and staffing solutions • Faculty who orient graduate student preceptors
Timeline • Invitation to participate-today! • Confirmation of participant schools by Oct. 30, 2015 • Development of public website by Nov. 15, 2015 • Demographic/quantitative surveys-completion by Dec. 20, 2015 • Administrator interviews by March 1, 2016 • Faculty focus groups by March 1, 2016 • Data analysis by April 30, 2016 • Recommendations by May 15, 2016 • Feedback on recommendations by June 15, 2016
Project Participants & Roles • Jeffrey Willey • Project liaison & qualitative researcher • Michele Bracken • Focus group leader & qualitative researcher • Jennifer Schultz • Project evaluator • Salisbury University student worker • ESWSFI@Salisbury.edu • PIs
Next Steps • Consider another NSP-2 grant proposal to implement ES-FAMI across the State • Revise ES-FAMI materials to be relevant for preceptors who work with graduate students