Faculty have a variety of clinical expertise including acute care, medical-surgical nursing, mental health nursing, informatics, pediatric and maternal child nursing, and community health. Courses are assigned based on faculty areas of expertise. Nursing full-time faculty are expected to maintain a 40-hour work week which includes teaching time. During any academic term, a faculty member must not be assigned to teach in more than three subject fields of instruction and preferably in not more than two subject fields. The size of the faculty must be sufficient to support the total student enrollment. Teaching loads are reasonable and are justified by factors such as the number of different preparations required; the type and method of instruction; the size of classes; the level of instruction; the qualifications of the instructor; the academic advising, committee membership, and guidance and student organizations assigned; and the other administrative, research, publication, and community relations responsibilities of the instructor. Workload for nursing faculty at the college is defined using the following criteria: 1. Full-time faculty maintain a teaching range of 18-24 hours per week, which is based on actual hours of instruction. Faculty teaching hours will range between 15-20 hours per week based on a class size of 25 students for lecture courses. 2. Recognized responsibilities of full-time nursing faculty include: • At least 4 hours of scheduled office hours • Student advising • Curriculum development • Committee participation • Other academic commitments that contribute to the enrichment of the faculty members, (webinars and scholarly conferences) students, and the College population. 3. Faculty workload can be adjusted at the discretion of the Department Chair if there is need for a scholarly or other special project to be completed. 4. Faculty are not expected to work on approved holidays. Teaching best practice expectations are to still be met for the week in which a holiday may fall. The current ADN program will be phased out allowing faculty to assume teaching loads in the new BSN program. There are sufficient faculty to meet the program goals and outcomes. The census will continue to be monitored and additional faculty will be hired as needed. The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) requires full-time faculty teaching in a baccalaureate program to have a minimum of a master’s degree from an accredited program recognized by the U. S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and academic preparation in the specific courses being taught. Faculty members holding graduate degrees, professional degrees such as J. D. or M. D., or baccalaureate degrees plus professional certification through a nationally recognized and accrediting certifying agency may meet the qualification requirement with justification. Instructors must have at least 15 semester credit hours or equivalent in the subject area. Requirements are noted on job descriptions and assessed prior to hire and ongoing. Nursing
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