Factors influencing progress through the liminal phase: A model to assist transition into nurse academic life

Work experiences of Nurse Academics: A qualitative study

“…The policy makers should devise policies for institutional autonomy and universities should be allowed to participate in policy formulating matters. This is well supported by other studies that highlight common stressors such as a lack of undersupply of well-prepared doctoral nurse academics for the future, large class sizes, time constraints and pressures for scholarship along with their daily teaching responsibilities (Bittner and Bechtel 2017;Kizilci et al 2012;McDermid et al 2012McDermid et al , 2018Roughton 2013;Yedidia et al 2014). Smeltzer et al (2015) also drew attention to the importance of greater involvement by faculty to carefully monitor the workload of less experienced doctoral faculty members.…”

“…Very few empirical studies have explored the experiences of nurse academics with the exception of novice nurse academics and those transitioning from clinical to academic work (Clarke et al 2010;Goodrich, 2014;Jackson et al, 2015;Logan et al, 2015;McDermid et al, 2018). The literature highlights the complexities around becoming a nurse academic.…”

Stories of being a new nurse academic at a nursing education institution

“…The demands associated with academic life have created considerable new challenges for the new nurse academics (Halcomb et al, 2016). McDermid et al (2018) and Legare and Armstrong (2017) confirm that the transition from the clinical setting to the academic environment has been proven to be a statistically significant challenge. The transition was, for most of the participants, a very lonely journey.…”

Developing Care and Compassion in Health Professional Students and Clinicians

“…In the liminal state at the end of life, as the person transitions from one identity, among the living to another as neither here nor there, the caring compassionate practitioner is separated from the patient (McDermid et al 2018). The liminal state is not one that is shared and is characterized as alone.…”