The many faces of faculty practice

Professional schools often extol their reputation, ranking, and faculty when recruiting.  Practice disciplines also typically describe the accomplishments and experience of faculty members.  Professional nursing practice covers a range of activities from direct patient care through administration and everything in between.   Faculty practice is often described in terms of patient care activities, e.g. a nurse-managed healthcare center.  Using a broader definition of nursing practice, we can include a variety of practice opportunities for the faculty.   During the current environment of healthcare reform and transitioning graduate programs to a doctoral level, nursing faculty are well placed to seize an opportunity for faculty practice.  Examples of faculty practices beyond traditional primary care delivery will be explored.