Collaborative Section-Based DNP Project Faculty Workload Model
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Background: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree culminates in the DNP Project, a scholarly project aimed at enhancing health care systems aligned with national standards. While DNP Projects are valued, they pose challenges due to resource-intensive demands including faculty time and effort.
Problem: Faculty workload models related to DNP projects have not kept pace with increasing enrollment and program expectations.
Approach: Consistent with national standards, a large public university convened a Task Force to examine and discuss faculty workload relative to DNP Projects and to devise a more equitable and realistic model.
Outcomes: Task Force output led to the creation of the Collaborative Section-based Faculty Workload Model that resulted in increases in faculty satisfaction, retention, and student mentorship, while maintaining DNP Project rigor.
Conclusions: The Collaborative Section-based Faculty Workload Model responds to the challenge of balancing DNP project oversight with increasing time demands on faculty and increasing enrollment.
Background: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree culminates in the DNP Project, a scholarly project aimed at enhancing health care systems aligned with national standards. While DNP Projects are valued, they pose challenges due to resource-intensive demands including faculty time and effort.
Problem: Faculty workload models related to DNP projects have not kept pace with increasing enrollment and program expectations.
Approach: Consistent with national standards, a large public university convened a Task Force to examine and discuss faculty workload relative to DNP Projects and to devise a more equitable and realistic model.
Outcomes: Task Force output led to the creation of the Collaborative Section-based Faculty Workload Model that resulted in increases in faculty satisfaction, retention, and student mentorship, while maintaining DNP Project rigor.
Conclusions: The Collaborative Section-based Faculty Workload Model responds to the challenge of balancing DNP project oversight with increasing time demands on faculty and increasing enrollment.
