NURSE EDUCATORS 2002: REPORT OF THE FACULTY CENSUS SURVEY OF RN AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS

TITLE: Nurse Educators 2002: Report of the Faculty Census Survey of RN and Graduate Programs Order One Copy   Order Multiple Copies AUTHOR: The National League for Nursing PRICE: NLN Members $5.00    Non-NLN Members $7.50 PUBLICATION DATE: January 2003 OVERVIEW In Spring 2002, the NLN sent its Faculty Census Survey to the deans/directors of 1,419 schools that offer RN and/or graduate programs. 1,098 schools (77.4%) responded to the survey and provided information about the faculty in their schools. The findings from this survey are detailed in the publication, Nurse Educators 2002: Report of the Faculty Census Survey of RN and Graduate Programs. Through ten graphs and 31 tables -- many of which show comparisons to data from previous surveys -- this Report provides data on a wide range of information about the faculty who were teaching in our nation's associate degree, diploma, and baccalaureate/ higher degree programs in 2002. While data from the 2002 Faculty Census Survey provide only a "snapshot" of the current number and characteristics of nursing faculty, they reveal several trends, three of which are potentially critical. Those three trends are the increasing number of part-time faculty, the aging of the nurse faculty population, and the large number of nursing faculty who are not prepared at the doctoral level. The Report discusses each of these phenomena and presents 24 recommendations arising from our analysis of the data. These recommendations are directed toward individual faculty, schools of nursing, colleges and universities, professional associations, and those who formulate public policy. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Defination of Terms States Included in Each Geographic Region Executive Summary Discussion & Recommendations Graphs and Tables Number of Nursing Education Programs by State, Region and Type of Program Estimated Number of FTEs, Full-time and Part-time Nursing Faculty and Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions by Type of Program Mean Number of Full-time and Part-time Nursing Faculty and Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions Per Program by Type of Program Mean, SD, and Range of Full-time and Part-time Nursing Faculty and Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions Per Program by Type of Program Estimated Number of FTEs, Full-time and Part-time Nursing Faculty by Type of Program and Region Estimated Number of Full-time and Part-time Faculty, FTEs and Vacancy Rates by Type of Program and Region Percent of Full-time Faculty by Racial Background, Type of Program, and Region Percent of Part-time Faculty by Racial Background and Type of Program Percent of Full-time and Part-time Hispanic/Latino Faculty by Type of Program and Region Percent of Full-time Faculty by Gender, Type of Program and Region Percent of Part-time Faculty by Gender, Type of Program and Region Percent of Chief Nursing Administrators by Highest Earned Credential and Type of Program Percent of Full-time Faculty by Highest Earned Credential and Type of Program Percent of Part-time Faculty by Highest Earned Credential and Type of Program Percent of Full-time Faculty by Highest Earned Credential and Region Percent of Part-time Faculty by Highest Earned Credential and Region Percent of Full-time Faculty by Rank, Region and Type of Program Percent of Part-time Faculty by Rank, Region and Type of Program Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty by Rank and Type of Program Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty by Rank and Region Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty in Baccalaureate/Higher Degree Programs by Rank and Region Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty in Associate Degree Programs by Rank and Region Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty in Diploma Programs by Rank and Region Range and Median Salary of Full-time Faculty by Rank, with and without Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions Clinical Specializations Sought for Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions by Type of Program Strategies Used to Compensate for Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions by Type of Program Primary Strategy Used to Compensate for Unfilled Budgeted Full-time Positions by Type of Program Mean Number, SD and Range of Full-time Faculty Who Left Their Position between 9/1/00 and 8/31/01 by Type of Program Reported Reasons for Faculty Departures (9/1/00-8/31/01) by Type of Program Strategies Used to Recruit Full-time Faculty by Type of Program Age Range of Full-time Faculty by Region and Type of Program If you have any questions about placing an order, please contact NLN Publications at publications@nln.org.