ABSTRACT
Nursing faculty are seldom viewed as a vulnerable population, yet those who teach nursing are susceptible to physical, psychological, and emotional harm from students, peers, and administrators. Such harm can arise from uncivil or dangerous encounters with students, horizontal violence from colleagues, and abuse of power by administrators. Although faculty vulnerability is a serious issue, strategies exist that can minimize the problem.
AUTHORS
Received: May 6, 2008
Accepted: December 23, 2008
Posted: October 30, 2009
Ms. DalPezzo is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Ms. Jett is Course Leader and Faculty, Baptist Health Schools Little Rock, School of Nursing, Little Rock, Arkansas.
The authors thank Dr. Sandra Pennington and Dr. Gail Roux of Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah, for their support and guidance during the authors’ doctoral studies and the preparation of this manuscript.
Address correspondence to Katherine Talley Jett, MNSc, RN, NEA-BC, Course Leader/Faculty, Baptist Health Schools Little Rock, School of Nursing, 11900 Colonel Glenn Road, Suite 1317, Little Rock, AR 72210-2820; e-mail: katherine.jett@baptist-health.org.
doi:10.3928/01484834-20090915-04
