8G: Effecting Change in Academic Nursing: The Value of Department Vice-Chairs in Supporting Early-Career Faculty

Friday, September 20 | 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Faculty shortages in academic nursing are a significant challenge. Early-career faculty must be given significant support to thrive. This presentation describes the department Vice Chair’s (VC) role in providing an environment for growth and support of early-career faculty within a large research-intensive academic health center in the Deep South. VCs are a creative approach to educating and sustaining an environment for early-career nursing faculty

Presenters: 

Loretta Lee, PHD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CNE | University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bryan Wilbanks, PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN | University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sigrid Ladores, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE, FAAN | University of Alabama at Birmingham

Allison Shorten, PhD, RN, FACM, FNAP, FAAN | University of Alabama at Birmingham