Community college nursing faculty members are essential to the continuation and growth of the profession of nursing. Every loss of a nursing faculty member represents an even greater loss to the practice of nursing within the health care system. Previous research has documented the serious and inter-related shortage of both nursing professionals and nursing faculty. This phenomenological study explores the underlying themes leading to the decisions made by nursing educators to leave the practice of teaching, and presents strategies for preserving and strengthening the position of nursing faculty within the community college.

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Cherry Karl RN PhD has been a nurse and an educator since she graduated from King George Hospital School of Nursing, England. Her career included active US Air Force in Taiwan in the Vietnam Conflict and USAR. Her nursing was in acute care as a clinical nurse specialist, then faculty, writing and teaching curriculum for the RN, BSN,MSN,and DNP.