Abigail Mitchell

Title : Full time faculty burnout caused by or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abstract:

Nursing faculty are experiencing burnout which includes lack of job satisfaction, low morale, decreased social and peer support, exhaustion, and other psychological and physiological effects. Nursing faculty are at risk for stress and burnout that threaten to worsen the current nursing faculty shortage. The United States’ experience with the pandemic has placed the reality of our current nursing shortage into the spotlight. Nurse faculty have not received as much attention related to chronic stress and burnout or recognition of personal chronic stress potentially leading to burnout.

This presentation will explain faculty burnout and the consequences

What are some strategies to retain novice faculty

A study of 100 or more nursing faculty will be explored

Biography:

Dr. Abigail Mitchell is Professor and Graduate Associate Dean in the Patricia H. Garman School of Nursing at D’Youville University.  She currently teaches in the DNP, Graduate, and in the Accelerated programs. She has presented her various research projects internationally, nationally, and local. She has published over 20 manuscripts in various peer reviewed journals.  Dr. Mitchell holds a DHEd, MSN, MBA, RN and is a certified nurse educator. She is a fellow with the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.  She has been awarded prestigious honors, including Western New York Nurse of Distinction in 2009 and Top Manager in 2019, and recently nominated for WNY Nurse Educator of the Year.