Nursing faculty workloads have come to the forefront of discussion in nursing education. The National League of Nursing (NLN) has made nursing faculty workloads a high priority in nursing education. Included in the priorities are areas of creating reform through innovations in nursing education, evaluating reform through evaluation research, and evidence-based reform through the development of the science of nursing (NLN, 2011). Several elements contribute to nursing faculty recruitment and retention. McClusky's theory of margin and Bandura's social cognitive theory reveals balance is necessary in nursing education. Faculty and students alike must have balance in their required work and their time. In addition, Bandura's theory demonstrates behavior is driven by the interaction of people with their environment. How faculty and students behave is critical in the success of the students, the faculty, and the nursing program entirely. This dissertation explores the influence of nursing faculty workloads and mentoring on recruitment and retention of qualified nursing faculty. There were six participants in the study who were masters prepared or higher level educators and were teaching in a baccalaureate degree program in a southwestern state. Included in the study parameters were nursing faculty in a baccalaureate degree program who taught either didactic, clinical, or both. Participants were between the ages of 19 and 70. The research conducted was a qualitative case study, which included exploring nursing faculty workloads by having the participants complete a demographic survey and then meet with the researcher for a face to face interview. The interviews were audiotaped for later transcription of the audio tapes to text by the researcher. The data were coded using the Atlas ti qualitative coding software to determine common themes from the information received. The information concluded that faculty was satisfied with their faculty workloads, but expressed concerns regarding student attitudes and salary. The faculty also expressed salary was not very significant since they all had substantial autonomy in their campus time and execution of material in their classrooms. Further research is required to explore student attitudes in the nursing programs and how student issues affect the overall workload of nursing faculty. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]