Role of the Contemporary Nurse Educator

Catalog description

This online course explores the multifaceted role of the academic and clinical nurse educator with an emphasis on professional socialization within diverse educational and health care environments. The scholarship of teaching and learning and the diverse roles of the nurse educator will be explored. Emphasis is placed on the necessary faculty skills needed to function effectively within complex educational and health care systems, contribute to program innovation, and advance nursing education while addressing the legal, ethical, and regulatory issues in nursing education. The educator’s role as a leader and change agent within academic and clinical environments, including engagement in continuous quality improvement, curriculum design and mapping, and systematic evaluation of program outcomes and quality will be introduced. This course is a requirement for the completion of the Nurse Educator Certificate, which may be selected to accompany any advanced degree in nursing. This course may also be taken as an elective.