CON Faculty Appointment & Promotion Requirements

Requirements for Appointment/Promotion for Active Faculty at each rank

Promotion is available via select tracks: Educator/Clinical Practice; Educator/Researcher; Researcher/Clinical Practice

Instructor
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

 

 

Assistant Professor
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

 

Associate Professor
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

 

Professor
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