?'s about becoming nurse educator

elkpark · Feb 22, 2005

If you start looking at postings for nurse faculty positions, you will see that most places specify that you must have two or three years of nursing experience (patient care) to be considered. I'm sure you know from your own experience as a nursing student that it's v. frustrating to be taught by someone who doesn't really know that much about what s/he is supposed to be teaching you ... While teaching nursing is v. different from practicing nursing, it's important, IMHO, to have some real life clinical expertise/experience in the subjects you're teaching.

Most community colleges are looking for MSNs, but may employ some BSN-prepared nurses as adjunct or clinical instructors.

Most BSN programs are looking for doctorally prepared people, but may employ some MSN-prepared faculty, esp. as clinical instructors. Most universities want you to be certified as an APRN in one of the clinical specialties, in addition to whatever academic degrees you have.

The national agencies that accredit nursing programs and state BONS have rules about what minimum qualifications are necessary for nursing faculty in the different types of programs. Of course, an individual school can always have higher standards than the minimum.

medicrnohio, RN · Feb 25, 2005

Thank you for your reply. I intend to get clinical experience for several years before I even think about teaching. I also have to get the BSN and MSN done and that will be 3 - 4 more years.