Fast Facts for Developing a Nursing Academic Portfolio: What You Really Need to Know in a Nutshell

Using the Fast Facts style of concise, easy-to-access information, this book is the only comprehensive guide to creating an outstanding professional academic portfolio for entry into, and promotion and tenure within, an academic nursing setting. It is designed for recent nursing graduates who want to teach, faculty who need to polish their academic portfolio, and individuals already established in academia who seek promotion or tenure.

This volume will help nursing academics:

Assess their strengths and weaknesses

Demonstrate their teaching, skills

Organize and present their portfolio

Write a personal statement

Showcase their research/scholarship

Develop an E-portfolia

The book provides clear guidelines on what to include in a professional portfolio, and elements to highlight when seeking work in a specific discipline or academic role. It describes pitfalls to be avoided and how to ensure effective coverage of teaching, scholarship, and service, as well as addresses the differences between systems and policies of academia versus those of community college nursing programs and diploma schools of nursing. This guide also helps prepare nurses for the rigors of promotion and tenure by clarifying what to expect and how candidates are evaluated. Numerous examples illustrate actual professional faculty experience and include personal statements written by successful nurse educators.

Key Features:

Provide a concise, step-by-step guide for aspiring, new, and experienced nurse faculty who need to prepare an outstanding professional portfolio for promotion and tenure

Organized for quick access to types of content to be included in portfolio

Includes numerous examples from real life portfolios

Features "Fast Facts in a Nutshell" to clearly guide new nurse faculty

Provides recommendations for achieving academic advancement

Based on SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) method of communication