Mentoring adjunct faculty: innovative solutions.

Nurse Educ

School of Nursing, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA.

Published: May 2006

Rising enrollments in schools of nursing have increased the demand for qualified nursing faculty. In the midst of a nurse faculty shortage, many academic institutions are relying on adjunct faculty to fill the gap. The increasing number of adjunct faculty and their need for orientation to the faculty role presents a challenge to schools and departments of nursing. The authors discuss innovative solutions to these challenges.

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