J Nurs Educ. 1985 Apr;24(4):143-7.

Defining scholarly activity in nursing education.

The Journal of nursing education

S C Baird, A Biegel, A Bopp, N W Dolphin, N Ernst, M Hagedorn, J Malkiewicz, R J Payton, G Sawatzky

PMID: 2987447

Abstract

In an attempt to address the question of what activities should be considered scholarly, thereby warranting their inclusion in a nursing faculty evaluation model, a study was undertaken which surveyed all National League for Nursing accredited baccalaureate educational programs. The items in the instrument were generated utilizing the Delphi method and a pilot study established inter-respondent reliability. A response rate of 73% was attained. Scholarly activity was considered highly important in evaluation for promotion and tenure in over 50% of the schools. There were distinct differences in the activities deemed scholarly when respondents were broken down into categories such as size and type of institution and the existence or non-existence of graduate nursing programs in the same institution.

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MeSH terms

• Colorado
• Delphi Technique
• Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate*
• Education, Nursing, Graduate
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Faculty, Nursing / standards
• Humans
• Pilot Projects
• Research
• Teaching
• Writing

Publication Types

• Journal Article