Abstract
Background
Succession planning in nursing is a new concept with limited evidence found in nursing
education.
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive summary of the descriptions
of succession planning, as self-reported by administrators over an academic nursing
division.
Methods
A qualitative descriptive methodology was utilized to obtain descriptions of succession
planning from participants having personal experience with succession planning.
Findings
The categories discovered in the data included strategies for succession planning
implementation, advantages of succession planning, and obstacles to succession planning.
Discussion
Succession planning can provide growth plans, leadership development, and mentoring
programs allowing for positive relationships that cultivate, inspire, and assist faculty
to develop the necessary skills to be successful in a leadership role. Succession
planning requires adequate financial and human resources to develop potential leaders
to meet the future needs of an organization, and ultimately, nursing education.
Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: October 08, 2020
Accepted:
August 13,
2020
Received in revised form:
June 23,
2020
Received:
March 30,
2020
Footnotes
The Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program partially funded this doctoral dissertation.
The manuscript was a component of the doctoral dissertation by Laura K. Phillips titled Succession Planning in Nursing Education: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Reported in this manuscript are the results from the dissertation study that was submitted for consideration for publication by a peer-reviewed professional nursing education journal.
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