Nurse Faculty Workload Characteristics: A State-Level Survey

“Teaching Through Your Fingertips”: A Descriptive Study to Understand the Experiences and Needs of Online Educators in Postgraduate Nursing Education in Australia

“…Another challenge identified in this study included the time, labor, and effort invested to create and sustain effective teaching practices while acquiring new methods to engage their learners so as to continue to deliver high-quality learning experiences. Notwithstanding the underestimation of academic labor required for online teaching reported internationally ( Haslam, 2021 ; Kenny & Fluck, 2021 ; Lee et al, 2022 ; Miller, 2019 ), the investment of time and effort required to engage in online teaching may not be reflected in the usual rewards of student interaction and engagement found in the traditional classroom vis-à-vis the happy, animated students leaving the classroom buoyed and challenged by their new knowledge ( Dalby et al, 2020 ; Pather et al, 2020 ). The absence of this experience has been shown to lead to adverse impacts on educator satisfaction in Australian and international studies ( Author, 2021 ; Bittner & Bechtel, 2017 ; Dalby et al, 2020 ; Elshami et al, 2021 ; Hampton et al, 2020 ; Howe et al, 2018 ; Marasi et al, 2022 ).…”

“…Notwithstanding the underestimation of academic labor required for online teaching reported internationally ( Haslam, 2021 ; Kenny & Fluck, 2021 ; Lee et al, 2022 ; Miller, 2019 ), the investment of time and effort required to engage in online teaching may not be reflected in the usual rewards of student interaction and engagement found in the traditional classroom vis-à-vis the happy, animated students leaving the classroom buoyed and challenged by their new knowledge ( Dalby et al, 2020 ; Pather et al, 2020 ). The absence of this experience has been shown to lead to adverse impacts on educator satisfaction in Australian and international studies ( Author, 2021 ; Bittner & Bechtel, 2017 ; Dalby et al, 2020 ; Elshami et al, 2021 ; Hampton et al, 2020 ; Howe et al, 2018 ; Marasi et al, 2022 ). Participants in this study reported the timeframes and estimates provided by their institution to prepare their teaching material and to teach and engage with students were not realistic or evidence based.…”

The Experience of Being a Full-Time Academic Nurse Educator During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Two years prior to the pandemic, ANEs reported fair to very favorable levels of job satisfaction that they attributed to personal, organizational, managerial, academic, professional, and economic conditions (Arian et al, 2018). Conditions that created a sense of autonomy (Dalby et al, 2020) and feelings of doing meaningful work (Bittner & Bechtel, 2017) positively influenced ANE satisfaction. Offering a manageable workload (Dalby et al, 2020) and having personal and family-focused policies (Denson et al, 2018; Lee et al, 2017) that fostered work-life balance (Farber et al, 2020) also increased satisfaction.…”

“…Conditions that created a sense of autonomy (Dalby et al, 2020) and feelings of doing meaningful work (Bittner & Bechtel, 2017) positively influenced ANE satisfaction. Offering a manageable workload (Dalby et al, 2020) and having personal and family-focused policies (Denson et al, 2018; Lee et al, 2017) that fostered work-life balance (Farber et al, 2020) also increased satisfaction. Lastly, having relationships with students, administrators, and colleagues contributed to faculty satisfaction (Bittner & Bechtel, 2017, Dalby et al, 2020).…”

“…Offering a manageable workload (Dalby et al, 2020) and having personal and family-focused policies (Denson et al, 2018; Lee et al, 2017) that fostered work-life balance (Farber et al, 2020) also increased satisfaction. Lastly, having relationships with students, administrators, and colleagues contributed to faculty satisfaction (Bittner & Bechtel, 2017, Dalby et al, 2020). Collectively, these prepandemic findings indicate that working conditions influence the ANE experience and, specifically, work satisfaction.…”