The shortage of doctorally prepared nursing faculty: A dire situation

Cross‐sectional online survey of research productivity in young Japanese nursing faculty

“…The difference in research productivity between participants with doctorates and the others is not surprising. However, although the doctoral degree is a standard requirement for a faculty position at the university level, many nursing faculty do not hold one, even in the USA (Anderson, 2002;Berlin & Sechrist, 2002). Similarly, only 16.7% of participants in this study were doctoral degree holders.…”

Academic Leadership Development: A Case Study

“…This shortage is likely to be particularly severe among the ranks of senior faculty members. The average age of doctorally prepared nurse faculty holding the rank of professor is 61.3, and the average age at retirement for nursing faculty is 62.5 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2014b; Berlin & Sechrist, 2002).…”

Nurse Practitioner preparation: Is it time to move beyond masters level entry in Australia?

“…The reality is that in America there will be insufficient doctorally prepared academic staff to educate the predicted extra half a million nurses required by 2012 to meet the health care needs of an aging population and retiring nursing workforce (Berlin and Sechrist, 2002;Horrigan, 2004). Apold anticipated that offering an alternative stream to doctoral level education would actually encourage more Nurse Practitioners into education to address not only the nursing faculty shortage but the nursing shortage in healthcare generally (Apold, 2008).…”