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<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">While faculty members’ distribution of responsibilities varies based on their education and experience, all have some level of responsibility and accountability for education of students, incorporation of research-based evidence into nursing education and practice, and provision of professional service within the College of Nursing, university, and/or community and professional organizations. Faculty members differentiate their roles to focus most on two of the three areas in the tripartite mission in collaboration with their assistant deans, taking into account the needs of the College and the individual faculty member (see Appendix B-1). Faculty in the College of Nursing exhibit the UNMC ITEACH values of innovation, teamwork, excellence, accountability, courage, and healing. </p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">While faculty members’ distribution of responsibilities varies based on their education and experience, all have some level of responsibility and accountability for education of students, incorporation of research-based evidence into nursing education and practice, and provision of professional service within the College of Nursing, university, and/or community and professional organizations. Faculty members differentiate their roles to focus most on two of the three areas in the tripartite mission in collaboration with their assistant deans, taking into account the needs of the College and the individual faculty member (see Appendix B-1). Faculty in the College of Nursing exhibit the UNMC ITEACH values of innovation, teamwork, excellence, accountability, courage, and healing. </p> | ||
====Teaching and Curriculum==== | ====Teaching and Curriculum==== | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty work collaboratively to develop curricula for degree and certificate programs, in accordance with accreditation, regulatory, and specialty requirements. Because the College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education, faculty use the AACN Essentials documents to guide curricula, along with the National Task Force and relevant specialty organization guidelines for advanced practice curricula. Curriculum development is a creative process that incorporates the latest scientific findings, professional recommendations, and faculty expert opinion about topical areas within their areas of expertise. Faculty members are responsible for implementation of faculty-approved nursing curricula and for contributing to ongoing updating and renewal of curricula to meet professional and specialty standards, adhere to accreditation requirements, and advance the state of the discipline. Curricular progression and teaching/learning strategies are expected to be based on the sciences of learning and students’ neurocognitive development. Undergraduate curricular recommendations are voted on first by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and then by the faculty as a whole through the General Faculty Organization (GFO). Professional graduate curricular recommendations (MSN and DNP) are voted on first by the Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee, shared with the faculty as a whole through GFO, and finally, voted on by the graduate faculty in the College of Nursing. PhD curricular decisions are recommended by the PhD Advisory Council in accordance with requirements of the University of Nebraska Graduate School, the accreditation requirements of the Higher Learning Commission and recommendations from AACN. Graduate faculty vote on final PhD curricular recommendations. Faculty are expected to uphold the curricula as voted on by the relevant groups and to make recommendations for changes as suggested by program evaluation outcomes and evolving curricular standards. Faculty develop creative approaches to teaching, and prepare for the courses they are teaching, collaborate with other faculty members on the teaching team, and work collaboratively with staff on preparation of syllabi. Faculty teaching clinical courses work with clinical partners to organize learning experiences that will assist students to achieve the expected competencies. They participate in evaluating courses and curricula and suggesting evidence-based improvements when needed. Faculty are expected to engage in ongoing professional development around their areas of responsibility. All faculty are expected to complete at least three hours of professional development related to teaching each year. This can be continuing education, reading professional manuscripts, attending webinars, or other activities that will support growth as teachers.</p> | ||
====Research and Scholarship==== | ====Research and Scholarship==== | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty are expected to engage in research or scholarship, as appropriate for their faculty appointment, goals, and expectations. Scholarship in academic nursing has been defined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (https://www.aacnnursing.org/.../Defining-Scholarship ). All faculty are expected to make professional presentations and submit manuscripts for publication that relate to their major areas of responsibility. Faculty members pursuing programs of research are expected to obtain external funding for their research and disseminate research results through scientific presentations and papers in peer-reviewed publications. All faculty are held to standards of integrity and the requirements of human subjects research when appropriate. Faculty whose primary responsibility is teaching may address scholarship by submitting manuscripts with colleagues describing teaching strategies, case analyses, opinion pieces, clinical updates, and other forms of scholarship related to their teaching. </p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty are expected to engage in research or scholarship, as appropriate for their faculty appointment, goals, and expectations. Scholarship in academic nursing has been defined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (https://www.aacnnursing.org/.../Defining-Scholarship ). All faculty are expected to make professional presentations and submit manuscripts for publication that relate to their major areas of responsibility. Faculty members pursuing programs of research are expected to obtain external funding for their research and disseminate research results through scientific presentations and papers in peer-reviewed publications. All faculty are held to standards of integrity and the requirements of human subjects research when appropriate. Faculty whose primary responsibility is teaching may address scholarship by submitting manuscripts with colleagues describing teaching strategies, case analyses, opinion pieces, clinical updates, and other forms of scholarship related to their teaching. </p> | ||