Black nursing faculty: Overcoming challenges on the road to earning tenure and promotion

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Journal of Professional Nursing Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI:10.1016/j.profnurs.2025.01.009

Wilma J. Calvert PhD MPE MS RN , Mopelola Adeola PhD RN , E. Paulette Isaac-Savage EdD , Jessica Keller MSN RN CCRN-K

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Abstract

Background

Approximately 9 % of nursing faculty are Black (National League for Nursing, 2020). Black faculty seldom seek tenure and promotion. Tenure and promotion represent a professional and academic accomplishment, reflecting a scholar's ability to achieve success in research, teaching, and service.

Purpose

The purpose of this research was to explore how Black nursing faculty described their experiences in working to earn tenure and promotion.

Methods

Using a qualitative descriptive design, we used email surveys for data collection. We recruited tenured and tenure-track participants who were of African descent from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Association of Black Nursing Faculty.

Results

A total of 42 participants were included in the study. We identified three major themes: Mixed Support System, Inequities, and Mentoring.

Conclusions

Even though there are some similarities with their White counterparts, Black nursing faculty may face additional challenges such as “tokenism,” inconsistent support (internally adequate, internally inadequate, internally absent, and external), and microaggressions.

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Journal of Professional Nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

8.00%

发文量

153

审稿时长

52 days

期刊介绍： The Journal will accept articles that focus on baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education, educational research, policy related to education, and education and practice partnerships. Reports of original work, research, reviews, insightful descriptions, and policy papers focusing on baccalaureate and graduate nursing education will be published.