Evaluation of the Aspiring Deans Leadership Development Program in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
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Neville, Stephen
Napier, Sara
Langford, Megan
East, Leah
Strickland, Karen
Adams, Jeffery
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College of Nurses Aotearoa - NZ - Inc
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The global demand for registered nurses outstrips supply. The sustainability of the registered nurse workforce is exacerbated by a global shortage of suitably qualified faculty to educate the next generation of nurses and midwives. The Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery (Australia & New Zealand) (CDNM) provides leadership to academics who deliver higher education to nurses and midwives. To support succession planning, the CDNM launched the inaugural Aspiring Deans Leadership Development Program (ADLDP) in 2020. The purpose of the ADLDP was to provide mentorship to academic nurses and midwives aspiring to be the next generation of academic leaders. A pragmatic qualitative study was undertaken to assess the quality, impacts and key success factors and provide insights and empirical evidence to CDNM executive on how the ADLDP could be strengthened in the future. The findings indicate the ADLDP was effective in contributing to leadership development and career advancement. Programme activities increased leadership confidence. Networking between current leaders and aspiring nursing and midwifery leaders was a highlight. Challenges for both mentees and mentors included planning dedicated time for scheduled meetings. Recommendations to consider for strengthening future programmes were provided to the CDNM including more opportunities to meet face-to-face, build continuous improvement into the ADLDP and to explore how Indigenous nurses and midwives are supported in academia and leadership. The findings provide empirical evidence in the under-researched area of nursing leadership development and contributes to a global need for a resilient and sustainable academic workforce to support and educate future nursing and midwifery graduates. Te Reo Māori Translation: He Aromātai i te Kaupapa Whakawhanake i te Hunga e Whai nei kia Tū hei Kaihautū Mātauranga i Ahitereiria me Aotearoa Ngā Ariā Matua Kei runga kē noa atu te hiahia o te ao ki tēnei mea te tapuhi rēhita i te maha o ngā tapuhi e puta ake ana. Nā te korenga o te kāhui kaiako whai tohu mātauranga tōtika hei ako i tērā whakatupuranga o ngā tapuhi, me ngā kaiwhakawhānau hou o muri ake, i raru ai te toitū o te ohu kaimahi tapuhi rēhita. Ka mahi nui te Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery (Ahitereiria & Aotearoa) (CDNM) ki te hora tikanga ārahi ki ngā kaiako e hora nei i te mātauranga tiketike ki ngā tapuhi me ngā kaiwhakawhānau. Hei tautoko i te whakakīnga whāwhārua, i whakarewaina e CDNM te Kaupapa Whakawhanake i te Hunga e Whai nei kia Tū hei Kaihautū Mātauranga (ADLDP) i te tau 2020. Ko te whāinga o te kaupapa he hora kaiakopono ki ngā tapuhi me ngā kaiwhakawhānau e anga nei kia eke hei kaihautū pūmātauranga i roto i te whakatupuranga hou. I whāia tētahi rangahau ine kounga ngāwari o ngā ritenga mahi hei aromatawai i te kounga, i ngā pānga me ngā pūtake o te whāinga hua, hei hora māramatanga, taunakitanga whai take hoki ki te kāhui whakahaere o CDNM mō te kaupapa, me pēhea hoki e whakapakaritia ai ā tōna wā. E waitohu ana ngā kitenga he whai take te kaupapa hei hora i te ārahitanga i ngā kaihautū me te ahunga whakamua o te ara mahi o te tangata. Nā ngā mahi o te kaupapa i piki ake ai te māia o ngā kaihautū. He mea ātaahua te whakawhanaunga i waenga i ngā kaihautū o nāianei me ngā kaihautū kaiwhakawhānau. Ko ētahi o ngā pīkauranga mō ngā ākonga me ngā kaiakopono ko te whakamahere wā motuhake tōtika mō ngā hui i āta whakaritea. Ko ētahi o ngā tūtohu mō te whakapakari i ngā hōtaka mō ngā wā e tū mai nei i horaina ki CDNM kia whānui kē atu ngā whāinga wā mō te tūtaki ā-kanohi, te hanga whakapikinga ake ki roto i te hōtaka, me te tūhura me pēhea e tautokona ai ngā tapuhi iwi taketake me ngā kaiwhakawhānau ki te ao mātauranga me ngā mahi hautū tikanga. Nā ngā kitenga nei ka horaina mai he taunakitanga mō tēnei āhuatanga kāore anō kia tino rangahaua, o te hautū tikanga, ka takohatia hoki he āwhina mō te hiahia o te ao whānui ki tētahi ahumahi mātanga rangahau pakari, toitū hoki hei tautoko, hei ako hoki i ngā pia tapuhi, pia whakawhānau hoki, mō ngā rā kei mua i te aroaro.Description
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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3902 Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy, 39 Education, 4204 Midwifery, 4205 Nursing, 42 Health Sciences, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, 4 Quality Education, Nursing, Midwifery, Faculty, Leadership, Workforce, Succession planning
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Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, ISSN: 2703-4542 (Print); 2703-4542 (Online), College of Nurses Aotearoa - NZ - Inc, 41(1). doi: 10.36951/001c.142788
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