[knittwhit]

Dear nurse colleague,

In order to better understand the role of the nurse educator in various educational settings, as part of my MSN capstone project, I am exploring the roles of the nurse educator in the academic and staff development settings. I am writing to ask you for a few moments of your time, to respond to the attached questionnaire Nurse Educator Role Survey.doc. I thank you in advance. Please send me a private message if you are interested.

Sincerely,
Barbara, BSN, RN
University of Phoenix

[knittwhit]

I was informed by sirI that the link may not be working. I can open it as a word document but it may be because it can access the file on my computer. When I first posted it on the message board the formatting pulled up too many emoticons. I diabled the smilies and it let me post.

Here is the survey:

Please check all that apply
1. What position do you currently hold?
___ Nurse Educator, associate degree
___ Nurse Educator, baccalaureate degree
___ Nurse Educator, masters or higher
___ Nurse Educator, staff development, hospital-based
___ Other (specify)____________________
2. Full time___, ____ hours/week
3. Part time___, ____hours/week
4. What is your level of education?
___ BSN ___ Masters, Nursing ___Masters, other ___ARNP ___Doctoral
___ Other, please specify_______________________________
5. Did your educational preparation include formal teaching in education concepts (i.e. role of the nurse educator, teaching and learning strategies, curriculum planning and development, assessment of teaching and learning)?
___ Yes ___ No
6. Is education your primary employment? ___Yes ___No 7. In addition to your educational position, do you continue to work in the clinical setting?
___ Yes ___ How many hours/month? ___No 8. Compared with expectations prior to entering your current position, is your workload ___ Less that expected ___Consistent with expectations ___More than expected
9.What percentage of time do you spend on
Teaching___
Research___
Service___
10. What three characteristics would you use to describe your current Nurse Educator role?

[nursprof2b]

I work in Behavioral Health as well. I am BSN but in an administrative role. I wish to return to school for the MSN Education. I have had some formal teaching in the BSN program for learning concepts. Hope this helps.