Requirements for Appointment/Promotion for Active Faculty at each rank
Promotion is available via select tracks: Educator/Clinical Practice; Educator/Researcher; Researcher/Clinical Practice
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Educator/Clinical Practice Educator/Research Researcher/Clinical Practice Education Criteria
- Graduate degree in nursing
- Experience in clinical specialty
- Graduate degree in nursing or related field
- Experience in clinical specialty
- Graduate degree in nursing
- Experience in clinical specialty
Teaching
- Evidence of potential for creative ability as a teacher
- Demonstrates a depth and breadth of clinical knowledge that can be communicated to students in a variety of learning environments
- Facilitates positive learning climate
- Evidence of potential for creative ability as a teacher
- Demonstrates a depth and breadth of knowledge that can be communicated to students in a variety of learning environments
- Facilitates positive learning climate
- Demonstrates a depth and breadth of clinical knowledge that can be communicated to students in a variety of learning environments
- Facilitates positive learning climate
Clinical Practice, Research & Scholarship
- Actively engages in clinical practice with demonstrated clinical excellence
- Uses research findings to update clinical practice
- Identifies researchable problems
- Assists with data collection
- Begins to develop a researchable area of interest
- Contributes to established research projects
- Submits materials (i.e. articles, CAI, video) for peer review
- Actively engages in clinical practice with demonstrated clinical excellence
- Begins to develop a researchable area of interest
- Contributes to established research projects
- Submits materials (i.e., articles, CAI, video) for peer review
College and Professional Service
- Participates on college committees or task forces
- Active member of local professional associations
- Shares expertise with community organizations
- Participates on college committees or task forces
- Active member of local professional associations
- Shares expertise with community organizations
- Participates on college and/or medical center committees
- Active member of local professional associations
- Active member of college
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Educator/Clinical Practice Educator/Research Researcher/Clinical Practice Educational Criteria
- Doctoral Degree
- National specialty certification as appropriate
- Doctoral degree in nursing
- Doctoral degree in nursing
- National specialty certification as appropriate
Teaching
- Demonstrates growing competence in teaching
- Contributes to the instructional program and curricular development and evaluation
- Integrates state of the science literature into teaching activities
- Serves as student advisor
- Demonstrates growing competence in teaching
- Contributes to the instructional program and curricular development and evaluation
- Integrates state of the science literature into teaching activities
- Serves as student advisor
- Integrates state of the science literature into a variety of clinical teaching activities for students and other health professionals
- Demonstrates growing competence in teaching
- Contributes to the instructional program and curricular development and evaluation
- Precepts graduate students in clinical and/or research activities
Clinical Practice, Research & Scholarship
- Practice setting leader
- Clinical consultant
- Writes and presents practice oriented papers
- Implements innovative client care programs
- Research co-investigator
- Focused area of research
- Acceptance of co-authored data-based and scholarly peer-reviewed papers
- Presents data-based and/or scholarly papers locally and regionally
- Practice setting leader
- Research co-investigator
- Focused area of research
- Acceptance of co-authored data-based and scholarly peer-reviewed papers
- Presents data-based and/or scholarly papers locally and regionally
College and Professional Service
- Participates on college committees/task forces and/or medical center committees
- Serves on committees for professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the local level
- Participates on college committees/task forces and/or medical center committees
- Serves on committees for professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the local level
- Participates on college committees/ task forces and/or medical center committees
- Serves on committees for professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the local level
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Educator/Clinical Practice Educator/Research Researcher/Clinical Practice Educational Criteria
- Doctoral degree
- Maintains national specialty certification as appropriate
- Doctoral degree
- Doctoral degree
- Maintains national specialty certification as appropriate
Teaching
- Membership on PhD students’ clinical and dissertation committees and/or directs DNP projects
- Provides leadership in course and curriculum development in areas of expertise
- Demonstrates pattern of excellence in teaching specialized subject matter at all levels of the educational program
- Develops and/or directs new courses within the college and university
- Contributes to curriculum development, implementation and evaluation
- Membership on PhD students’ clinical and dissertation committees and/or directs DNP projects
- Provides leadership in course and curriculum development in areas of expertise
- Demonstrates pattern of excellence in teaching specialized subject matter at all levels of the educational program
- Develops and/or directs new courses within the college and university
- Contributes to curriculum development, implementation and evaluation
- Membership on PhD students’ clinical and dissertation committees and/or directs DNP projects
- Provides consultation in course and curriculum development in areas of expertise
- Demonstrates pattern of excellence in teaching specialized subject matter at all levels of the educational program
- Develops and/or directs new courses within the college and university
- Contributes to curriculum development, implementation and evaluation
Clinical Practice, Research & Scholarship
- Develops a practice or educational foci that contributes to the advancement of clinical practice in a particular area – either its science, evidence base, or EBP translation
- Gains recognition beyond the college and state for expertise in a specific practice area
- Publishes in peer reviewed clinical journals
- Presents practice oriented scholarly papers to regional and/or national groups
- Serves as peer reviewer for scholarly work of others
- Functions as principal investigator for studies which are university or externally funded
- Gains recognition beyond college and state for expertise in research and scholarly work
- Publishes data-based and scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals
- Presents research at regional and/or national meetings
- Serves as peer reviewer for scholarly work of others
- Functions as principal investigator for research studies and/or innovative client care programs which are university or externally funded
- Gains recognition at regional and state levels for research in a specific clinical practice area
- Publishes data-based and scholarly papers in peer reviewed journals
- Presents research at regional and/or national groups
- Serves as peer reviewer for scholarly work of others
College and Professional Service
- Chairs college, university, or medical center committees
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Holds leadership positions in professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the regional and/or national level
- Chairs college, university, or medical center committees
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Holds leadership positions in professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the regional and/or national level
- Chairs college, university, or medical center committees
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Holds leadership positions in professional or community organizations
- Provides professional consultation at the regional and/or national level
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Educator/Clinical Practice Educator/Research Researcher/Clinical Practice Educational Criteria
- Doctoral degree
- Maintains national specialty certification as appropriate
- Doctoral degree
- Doctoral degree
- Maintains national specialty certification as appropriate
Teaching
- Provides consultation services at the national level for educational and/or clinical program development
- Provides leadership in educational and/or program development
- Directs PhD students’ clinical and research committees
- Directs students’ DNP projects
- Provides consultation services at the national level for educational and/or research program development
- Provides leadership in research and/or educational program development
- Directs PhD students’ clinical and research committees
- Directs students’ DNP projects
- Provides consultation services at the national level for educational and/or research program development
- Provides leadership in research and/or clinical program development
- Directs PhD students’ clinical and research committees
- Directs students’ DNP projects
Clinical Practice, Research & Scholarship
- Establishes a pattern of external funding for innovative client care/educational programs
- Regular publication in clinical and educational peer-reviewed journals
- Invited speaker nationally and/or internationally to present scholarly papers
- On editorial boards or program grant study sections
- Recognized nationally and/or internationally for expertise in practice area
- Establishes a pattern of external funding for research/educational programs
- Regular publication of research and scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals
- Presents research nationally and/or internationally
- Invited speaker nationally and/or internationally to present scholarly papers
- On editorial boards or research grant study section
- Recognized nationally and/or internationally for research expertise
- Establishes a pattern of external funding for innovative client care/research programs
- Regular publication of data-based and scholarly papers in peer reviewed journals
- Presents research nationally and/or internationally
- Invited speaker nationally and/or internationally to present scholarly papers
- On editorial boards or review boards for clinical and/or research grants
- Recognized nationally and/or internationally for research expertise
College and Professional Service
- Contributes to policy formation
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Provides professional consultation at the national and/or international level
- Contributes to policy formation
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Provides professional consultation at the national and/or international level
- Contributes to policy formation
- Mentors new and junior faculty
- Provides professional consultation at the national and/or international level
Requirements for Appointment/Promotion for Non-Primary (Adjunct, Visiting or Emeritus) and Joint Faculty Appointments at CON
- Appointments are non-tenured and limited.
- Adjunct and visiting ranks should be appointed to reflect the faculty member’s rank at their primary institution
- Joint appointment should match the rank of the primary appointment (whether active or adjunct) in respective department/college at RUSH University
- If a faculty member is promoted at their primary institution or their primary department, CON will review the promotion and determine if the CON rank should be updated.
- Emeritus rank reflects the last senior rank faculty member held at RUSH prior to emeritus appointment