Ellis Peggy A
Lindenwood University School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, St. Charles, Missouri, USA.
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2013 Sep-Oct;34(5):303-9. doi: 10.5480/1536-5026-34.5.303.
This article describes nurse faculty workload policies from across the nation in order to assess current practice.
There is a well-documented shortage of nursing faculty leading to an increase in workload demands. Increases in faculty workload results in difficulties with work-life balance and dissatisfaction threatening to make nursing education less attractive to young faculty.
In order to begin an examination of faculty workload in nursing, existing workloads must be known. Faculty workload data were solicited from nursing programs nationwide and analyzed to determine the current workloads.
The most common faculty teaching workload reported overall for nursing is 12 credit hours per semester; however, some variations exist.
Consideration should be given to the multiple components of the faculty workload. Research is needed to address the most effective and efficient workload allocation for nursing faculty.
本文介绍了全国范围内护理教师工作量政策，以评估当前的实践情况。
有充分记录表明护理教师短缺，导致工作量需求增加。教师工作量的增加会导致工作与生活平衡方面的困难以及不满情绪，这有可能使护理教育对年轻教师的吸引力降低。
为了开始研究护理教师的工作量，必须了解现有的工作量。从全国范围内的护理项目中征集教师工作量数据并进行分析，以确定当前的工作量。
总体而言，护理专业最常见的教师教学工作量是每学期12学分；然而，存在一些差异。
应考虑教师工作量的多个组成部分。需要开展研究以确定护理教师最有效和高效的工作量分配方式。
