Author(s):
T. Angel Priya, R. Beutlin, J. Agnes Philo, Nisha
Email(s):
priyabangel@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/2349-2996.2024.00034 
Address:
T. Angel Priya, R. Beutlin, J. Agnes Philo, Nisha
1Principal, The Salvation Army Catherine Booth College of Nursing, Nagercoil.
2Associate Professor, The Salvation Army Catherine Booth College of Nursing, Nagercoil.
3Nursing Tutor, The Salvation Army Catherine Booth College of Nursing, Nagercoil.
4Nursing Tutor, CET College of Nursing, Kanyakumari District.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 14,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2024
ABSTRACT:
The future of patient care is being paved by nurse educators, who mentor, teach, and inspire the next generation of novice nurses. Without them, aspiring nurses wouldn't be prepared to handle the constantly shifting needs of the modern, dynamic healthcare system. Nursing faculty needs to be knowledgeable and competent in evidence-based practice, informatics, quality improvement, inter-professional teamwork, and patient-centred care that are delivered with a focus on a culture of safety. As nursing faculties perform multidimensional work with balancing their home environment can create chaos in their life. Hence this aspect lit a spark within us to conduct a qualitative study on Nursing facultiesof southern region of Tamilnadu to analyse their work experiences. Further the study was led by in-depth face to face interview by using semi structured questionnaires. The data saturation was attained with sixteen participants. Colaizzi’s method was incorporated to analyse the data from the nursing faculty. This qualitative study lead a hand for us to showcase various themes like daily routine, job satisfaction, work life balance, interpersonal relationship and difficulties and challenges. There were also various subthemes which gave us insight on work atmosphere of the staff. Hence this study gave us an in-depth knowledge and understanding of individual nursing faculty and improvement so that the work balance could be
Cite this article:
T. Angel Priya, R. Beutlin, J. Agnes Philo, Nisha. Experiences of Faculty in Nursing Colleges: A Descriptive Phenomenology Study. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2024; 14(3):173-7. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2024.00034
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T. Angel Priya, R. Beutlin, J. Agnes Philo, Nisha. Experiences of Faculty in Nursing Colleges: A Descriptive Phenomenology Study. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2024; 14(3):173-7. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2024.00034 Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2024-14-3-1
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