Nurse Educator, M.S.N.

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Nurse Educators are licensed registered professional nurses with graduate preparation in curriculum design, teaching, evaluation, advisement, and clinical competence. Academic nursing education is a specialty area within professional nursing. Within an academic nursing program and/or a health care agency, a nurse educator will:

• Teach patients, students, and/or professional staff

• Facilitate learner development and socialization using the best evidence

• Use assessment and evaluation strategies

• Participate in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes

• Function as a change agent and leader

• Pursue continuous quality improvement in the nurse educator role

• Engage in scholarship