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Slide1 Is a Faculty Role in My Future?

EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN TEXAS

TEXAS NURSE PRACTITIONERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Kenneth Lowrance, DNP, APRN, CNS, FNP-BC, NEA-BCAssociate Professor of Professional Practice

Texas Christian University

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Slide2 Objectives:

At the completion of this presentation, the participant should be able to:

• Identify the existing need for faculty in NP as well as other nursing programs

• Identify the pros and cons of role transition from practice to academia

• Identify challenges related to maintaining licensure and certification while serving in the academic role

• Perform a self-assessment regarding readiness to teach if this is a desire

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Slide3Why this topic?

• My Story• Faculty Shortage• Healthcare Provider Shortages

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Slide4 Nursing Faculty Shortage

• According the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), a shortage of faculty is a primary obstacle to expand the nation’s nursing workforce (AACN, 2015).

• Nationwide, 68,938 qualified applicants from BSN and graduate programs were turned away in 2014 (AACN, 2015). In addition, other cited factors included clinical sites, classroom space, preceptors, and budget (AACN, 2015).

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Slide5 Nursing Faculty Shortage--Texas

• AACN reports 120 faculty vacancies in Texas in 2015 in baccalaureate and graduate programs (AACN, 2015)• Vacancies will tend to increase due to retirement of

existing faculty• Average age of Texas nurse faculty is 54 years (AACN,

2015)• Exists in all types of programs: LVN, ADN, BSN, MSN,

Doctoral

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Slide6 Nursing Faculty ShortageThe need for Nurse Faculty exists at all levels of nursing education to help ensure an adequate nursing workforce.

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Slide7 Healthcare Provider Shortages in Texas

• 126 of 254 Texas counties experience limited access to primary care services, especially in rural areas and urban sectors where poverty is rampant and infrastructure is lacking.

• There are 316 MUA/Ps in Texas• There are 386 HPSAs in Texas• Estimated 2016 Texas population: 27 million

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Slide8 Healthcare Provider Shortages in Texas

Increased nurse faculty, especially in APRN programs, can impact the healthcare provider shortage in a positive way.

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Slide10 What are pros to teaching?

• Personal and Professional Gratification• Potential for Flexible Hours• Online vs. Face-to-Face• Professional Collegiality with Fellow Faculty• Sharing Knowledge and Expertise with Students• Ability to impact and positively promote practice• Full-time vs. Part-time• Opportunity for Scholarly Work

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Slide11 What are cons to teaching?• It’s not only teaching• Teaching, Scholarship, Service, Committees, Meetings

• Lower Salary Compared to Practice• Student Challenges (e.g., poor performing students)• Requirement for advanced degree (PhD, DNP, etc.) in certain

instances• Decreased patient contact• After hours “workload”, e.g., grading papers, etc.• Potential anxiety related to public speaking/computer skills,

foundational knowledge of education principles

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Slide12 Maintaining Licensure and Certification

Texas RN/APRN Licensure Renewal:Rule 221.8 Maintaining Active Authorization as an Advanced Practice Nurse• Attest to current national certification by appropriate certifying body• Have a minimum of 400 hours of current practice within biennium• 20 hours CE in advanced specialty and role within bienniumRule 223.3 Renewal of Prescriptive Authority• 5 CE hours of pharmacology• For controlled substances, 3 additional CE hours related to prescribing CS• Other hours as required, e.g., forensic, jurisprudence/ethics, older

adult/gero [Texas Board of Nursing Rule 216.3]

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Slide13 Maintaining Certification

• American Nurses Credentialing Center• Recent changes as of June 1, 2016

• American Association of Nurse Practitioners/American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program• Changes coming January 1, 2017

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Slide14 Maintaining CertificationAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center1. 75 Continuing education hours in your specialty

(25 hours/75 must be pharm for APRNs)2. Academic credits3. Presentations (totaling 5 hours)4. Evidence-based Project, QI Project, Publication, Research5. Preceptor Hours6. Professional Service7. Practice Hours (minimum of 1000)8. Assessment (Exam)

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Slide15 Maintaining CertificationAANP Recertification

Option 1: 75 CEs plus 1000 clinical practice hoursOption 2: Recertification by Exam (not for GNPs or ANPs after 8/15/16)As of 1/1/17:Option 1: 100 CE (25 of which are pharm) plus 1000 practiceOption 2: Recertification by Exam (FNP, AGNP)

Check your certifications body’s website for details!!

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Slide16Maintaining Certification

Why is maintaining certification sometimes a challenge for faculty?

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Slide17Are you ready to enter Academia?

• Do you have a desire to teach?• Do you have experience teaching students, e.g., being a

Preceptor for nursing, APRN, or other types of students?• Do you desire a full-time or part-time faculty position?

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Slide18 Are you ready to enter Academia?• Are you organized, disciplined, and have good time

management skills?• How are your communication skills, both verbal and

written?• How are your computer skills, especially for online

teaching.• Have you had any formal education courses?

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Slide19 How do I go about finding a teaching position?

vIdentify available faculty positions in a schoolvDetermine if you meet qualificationsvStudy the school, i.e., reputation, accreditation,

mission, vision, philosophyvTenure track vs. nontenure track issuesvFull-time/part-timevOnline or face-to-face

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Slide20 How do I go about finding a teaching position?

vReview website for student handbooks, etc.vNote school’s admission criteriavIs there a mentoring program/teaching center?vMake application and if selected for interview, go in

with your list of specific questions, including about salary and benefits.

vInformally visit with students/faculty from the school of your choice to get “insider’s” view of the culture

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Slide21QUESTIONS?

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Slide22 ReferencesAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2015). Nursing faculty shortage fact sheet. Retrieved fromhttp://www.aacn.nche.edu/media-relations/fact-sheets/nursing-faculty-shortage

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2016). Texas nursing education at a glance. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/government-affairs/state-advocacy/state-profiles

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners [AANP]. (2016). Recertification for adult, family, gerontological, and adult-gerontological nurse practitioners. Retrieved from https://www.aanpcert.org/recert/index

American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC]. (2016). ANCC announces updated 2016 certification renewal requirements. Retrieved from http://www.nursecredentialing.org/ANCC-Announces2016CertificationRenewalRequirements

Berent, G., & Anderko, L. (2011). Solving the nurse faculty shortage. Nurse Educator, 36(5), 203-207.

Clark, N., Alcala-Van Houten, L., & Perea-Ryan, M. (2010). Transitioning from clinical practice to academia. Nurse Educator, 35(3), 105-109.

Cranford, J. (2013). Bridging the gap: Clinical practice nursing and the effect of role strain on successful role transition and intent to stay in academia. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 10(11), 99-105.

Hinderer, K., Jarosinski, J., Seldomridge, L., & Reid, T. (2016). From expert clinician to nurse educator. Nurse Educator, 00(0), 1-5.

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