Background: A need exists to recruit and retain nursing faculty of differing generations, races/ethnicities, and genders.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether generational cohort, race/ethnicity, and gender predicted job satisfaction, life satisfaction, or work-life balance for full-time faculty teaching in prelicensure, baccalaureate nursing programs.
Methods: Faculty (N = 363) from multiple schools of nursing in the United States completed a survey that included demographics, the Job Satisfaction Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Work-Life Balance Self-Assessment.
Nurs Educ Perspect
January 2023
Aim: This study explored how full-time, prelicensure baccalaureate nursing faculty members described their experiences with work-life balance.
Background: With increasing shortages of nursing faculty and practicing nurses, schools of nursing are developing faculty recruitment and retention efforts. It is imperative to understand the experiences of nursing faculty with regard to balancing their work and personal lives.