The Elsevier Foundation

Nursing Faculty

The Nursing Faculty Program focuses on retention and migration to address the global nursing shortage, caused in part by a lack of nursing faculty and nurse migration – when nurses leave their country to work elsewhere. The Elsevier Foundation addresses these critical issues through The International Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration and the Nurse-Faculty Mentored Leadership Development program.

Our Programs

  • The International Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration

    In 2010, a Nursing Faculty grant for $100,000 was awarded to the International Council on Nurses (ICN) and the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) to hold "The International Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration," a three day June 2010 policy summit on the economic and health ramifications nurse faculty migration has had on both developing and developed countries. The summit hosted thirty internationally recognized global nurse leaders who are committed to using the outcomes from the summit to advance the issue at the global level, consult with local organizations on implementation, and coordinate and disseminate the results of local initiatives.
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  • Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development Program

    Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing received a $200,000 grant from The Elsevier Foundation in 2009 to support a new Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development (NFMLD) pilot focused on retaining and building the next generation of nurse faculty. The pilot is being administered by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's (STTI) International Leadership Institute and aims to alleviate the nurse faculty crisis by providing knowledge, skill development opportunities and support to retain new nurse educators who have transitioned into the role. Early career nurse educators with an advanced degree will be professionally mentored for 18 months by established nurse faculty leaders. Read More

 

Did you know?

In 2009, a survey by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing found that almost two-thirds of responding nursing schools pointed to a faculty shortage as the reason for not accepting more applicants.