Degree Name
Nursing Practice, DNP
Publication Date
6-23-2025
First Advisor
Lisa Drake
Second Advisor
Chandra Carter
Abstract
Current literature suggests that a lack of support to assist novice faculty in their socialization to academia can lead to increased attrition among faculty members. However, novice nursing faculty, when transitioning from the role of clinical expert, require much support to successfully meet the demands of preparing nursing students. This quality improvement project aimed to develop and implement a structured novice nurse faculty mentorship program, with the use of a mentorship toolkit, to improve job satisfaction levels and the intent of the novice faculty members to remain in their current positions. This quasi-experimental project utilized a pre-and-post intervention survey designed for data collection, where novice faculty with less than five years of experience completed a Likert scale survey before and after seven weeks of participation in the mentorship program. Statistical analysis using a paired t-test, compared the pre-and-post intervention surveys. While the data analysis did not yield significant statistical results, the evaluation of individual variable scores of the pre-and-post survey implied an increase in novice faculty satisfaction in the job attributes of autonomy, quality of relationships with nursing faculty colleagues, and support for professional development and the development of teaching competence, as well as in the intent of novice faculty to remain in their current position. The findings of this project suggest that employing meaningful mentorship can positively affect aspects of job satisfaction and faculty retention, highlighting the importance of providing increased support for novice faculty in their role transition.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Deardeuff, Lorna, "Quality Improvement Project Supporting Novice Nurse Faculty Through Mentorship" (2025). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 171.
https://arch.astate.edu/dnp-projects/171
