Date

9-17-2026

Department

School of Nursing

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Chair

Kara Schacke

Keywords

Resilience, nursing shortage, nursing educators, shortage of nursing educators, intent to stay

Disciplines

Nursing

Abstract

A shortage of both clinical nurses and nursing educators exists. These shortages have a multitude of impacts on the field of nursing, both at the bedside and in academia. The shortage of clinical nurses impacts the number of nurses available to provide quality patient care. The shortage of nursing educators can impact the number of students accepted into nursing programs and, in turn, the number of new nurses available to provide direct care to patients. The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental predictive correlational design study was to examine how the resiliency of nursing educators impacts their intent to stay in academia. The results of this study may have an impact on the training of new nurse educators and their longevity in the field of nursing education. The participants in the study were nursing educators from diploma nursing programs, colleges, community colleges, and universities in the Eastern United States. A total of 75 nursing educators participated in the study. Data were collected using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, intent to stay scale, and a demographic survey. Participants completed the surveys via Qualtrics. Bivariate linear regression was used to analyze the data. The results showed that intent to stay is not impacted by resilience (p=.524). Recommendations for further research include conducting the study in a different region of the United States, focusing on specific degree-granting programs, using a shorter version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and using a qualitative study design.

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