Candela Lori, Gutierrez Antonio P, Keating Sarah
School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 453018, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018, United States.
Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8144, Statesboro, GA 30460-8144, United States.
Nurse Educ Today. 2015 Apr;35(4):580-9. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.12.018. Epub 2015 Jan 13.
To investigate the relations among several factors regarding the academic context within a nationally representative sample of U.S. nursing faculty.
Correlational design using structural equation modeling to explore the predictive nature of several factors related to the academic organization and the work life of nursing faculty.
A survey was used to evaluate several aspects of the work life of U.S. nursing faculty members.
Nursing faculty members in academic organizations across the U.S. serving at either CCNE- or NLNAC-accredited institutions of higher education.
Standard confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the validity of a proposed measurement model, and structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the validity of a structural/latent variable model.
Several direct and indirect effects were observed among the factors under investigation. Of special importance, perceptions of nurse administration's support and perceived teaching expertise positively predicted U.S. nursing faculty members' intent to stay in the academic organization.
Understanding the way that nursing faculty members' perceptions of the various factors common to the academic context interact with intent to stay in the academic organization is essential for faculty and nursing administrators. This information can assist administrators in obtaining more resources for faculty development to lobby for additional faculty in order to meet the teaching, research, and service missions of the organization; and to personalize relationships with individual faculty members to understand their needs and acknowledge their efforts.
在美国具有全国代表性的护理教师样本中，研究与学术环境相关的几个因素之间的关系。
采用相关设计，运用结构方程模型来探究与学术组织及护理教师工作生活相关的几个因素的预测性质。
通过一项调查来评估美国护理教师工作生活的几个方面。
在美国CCNE或NLNAC认证的高等教育机构中任职的学术组织中的护理教师。
使用标准验证性因素分析来评估所提出的测量模型的有效性，并运用结构方程模型来评估结构/潜在变量模型的有效性。
在所调查的因素之间观察到了几种直接和间接影响。特别重要的是，对护士管理部门支持的感知和感知到的教学专业知识能够积极预测美国护理教师留在学术组织中的意愿。
了解护理教师对学术环境中各种因素的感知方式与留在学术组织的意愿之间的相互作用，对教师和护理管理人员来说至关重要。这些信息可以帮助管理人员为教师发展获取更多资源，游说增加教师数量，以满足组织的教学、研究和服务使命；并使与个别教师的关系个性化，了解他们的需求并认可他们的努力。
