Dr. Malena King-Jones Publishes Two Articles
Dr. Malena King-Jones, assistant professor of nursing, recently published a pair of scholarly articles.
“Career Commitment of Nurse Faculty,” which appeared in Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, included a study conducted to examine the interaction of career commitment to education, faculty satisfaction, and teacher efficacy on developing qualified and retaining committed faculty. The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships among education, teacher self-efficacy, and career satisfaction of nurse faculty to career commitment. A cross-sectional design was used to survey a convenience sample of nurse faculty (N=470). The study highlights the importance of teacher self-efficacy, career satisfaction, and career commitment among nurse faculty. The results provide valuable insight to the factors that may influence attraction or retention of nurse faculty.
“A Research Experience Collecting Data Online: Advantages and Barriers,” for Creative Nursing, details the use of an online survey tool to obtain information from nurse faculty, including the data collection process, the survey responses by nurse faculty, and the advantages and barriers of online data collection. The survey response rate indicates that online data collection is a valuable tool for nurse researchers.