Confronting the social mandate for nursing scholarship – One school of nursing’s journey.

Mentor Us: A Formal Mentoring Program for Nurses in Graduate Education

“…Reinforcing a sense of belonging among nurses in a graduate program is paramount to developing a professional identity; conversely, if nurses are not provided with positive socialization experiences, it can lead to dissatisfaction with their career (Goodare, 2015). Further, as nurses with advanced degrees move into faculty positions, they must be mentored into these roles to support scholarship and leadership positions within the faculty, community, and the discipline of nursing (Duncan, Mahara, & Holmes, 2014). It has been suggested that the success of nursing scholarship is related to how well we mentor new nurses into leadership and research positions (Duncan et al, 2014;Goodare, 2015;Symonds-Brown & Milner, 2015).…”

Valuing Curriculum Evaluation as Scholarship: A Process of Developing a Community of Scholars (Valoriser l’évaluation de programmes d’études comme forme de scholarship : un processus de création d’une communauté de chercheuses)

“…To support this goal, nurse educators were increasingly expected to engage in scholarship (Cash & Tate, 2008;CASN, 2013;Duncan, 2014;Duncan, Mahara, & Holmes, 2014;Hawranik & Thorpe, 2008). This position paper presents how engagement with curriculum evaluation supports the advancement of scholarship from the perspective of four nurse educators.…”

Furthering Nursing Scholarship in Today's Postsecondary Institutions: The Legacy of Ernest Boyer

“…In the inaugural issue of this journal, Duncan, Mahara, and Holmes (2014) provided an insightful and thought-provoking description of the experience of the faculty in one Canadian nursing school in developing their scholarship agenda. Their experiences in meeting institutional and discipline-specific expectations for scholarship serve as a guide for schools embarking on this journey, or perhaps as a map for those stalled at the side of the road.…”