Nurse Educator Role

Catalog description

This is the first of four courses specific to the Nurse Educator role. The course provides a foundation for the implementation of the role. Field experience enables students to explore the NLN Competencies for the Academic Nurse Educator to understand the impact of the faculty role in the advancement of the nursing profession. Students will examine learning theory and conceptual frameworks. Foundational principles of the scholarship of teaching, and roles and realities for the nurse educator across settings are explored. Students will analyze the political, institutional, social, and economic forces that impact the Nurse Educator role in the educational environment.