Being A Nurse Educator for Staff Development

[Gabie Baby]

Hi, does anyone do this? What are your primary job duties? What type of facility are you working in? Thanks for any help.

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

hello, gabie baby,

i moved your thread to the educator forum for a better response.

yes, several educators here on the boards. i teach in a nursing program and also with another facility as well. there is another moderator for this forum, vickyrn, who is a certified nurse educator (cne).

so, you are considering this?

[Gabie Baby]

Hi, Siri, actually, I am not referring to teaching nursing students but rather staff development would be more comparable to what I'm talking about, I think.

[Susurro]

I work in staff development as a critical care educator. I have a BSN and have nearly completed my MSN. I am responsible for critical care and stepdown unit education and competencies.

I teach classes: ABG, A-line, Ventilator, EKG, BCLS...

I write competency information for learners and the associated tests.

I survey units regarding education needs (both leadership and staff) and make education plans for the year.

I make a lot of PowerPoint presentations of educational material

I assist with equipment roll outs: teach how to use new equipment, set up teaching (times, rooms...), evaluate teaching, track teaching equipment

I teach system wide issues: critical event prevention, JCAHO, Health dept...

I advertise teaching: posters, flyers, emails, videos, what ever works to get the staff's attention

I participate in nursing (nurses, nursing interns & externs) orientation: give lectures, sign up folks for classes, test new experienced hires

I assist with magnet certification

I go to meetings: Keystone, Critical care meetings, unit council meetings, committee meetings (infection control...), policy & proceedure meetings, staff meetings (when I have something to educate staff on)...

I track orientees progress and meet with them and their unit managers and preceptors.

I work mostly days but am often in on evenings and sometimes at night. I work weekdays but come in on weekends for system wide education and to talk with orientees.

My pay rate is the same as when I was a staff nurse.

I work in a 500 bed hospital with satelite campuses and offices.

I really like my job. It is demanding but very creative and interesting. My schedule is flexible - which is great.

I work closely with department managers, other educators, CNS's, and sometimes physicians.

I hope this information helps

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I work in staff development as a critical care educator. I have a BSN and have nearly completed my MSN. I am responsible for critical care and stepdown unit education and competencies.

I teach classes: ABG, A-line, Ventilator, EKG, BCLS...

I write competency information for learners and the associated tests.

I survey units regarding education needs (both leadership and staff) and make education plans for the year.

I make a lot of PowerPoint presentations of educational material

I assist with equipment roll outs: teach how to use new equipment, set up teaching (times, rooms...), evaluate teaching, track teaching equipment

I teach system wide issues: critical event prevention, JCAHO, Health dept...

I advertise teaching: posters, flyers, emails, videos, what ever works to get the staff's attention

I participate in nursing (nurses, nursing interns & externs) orientation: give lectures, sign up folks for classes, test new experienced hires

I assist with magnet certification

I go to meetings: Keystone, Critical care meetings, unit council meetings, committee meetings (infection control...), policy & proceedure meetings, staff meetings (when I have something to educate staff on)...

I track orientees progress and meet with them and their unit managers and preceptors.

I work mostly days but am often in on evenings and sometimes at night. I work weekdays but come in on weekends for system wide education and to talk with orientees.

My pay rate is the same as when I was a staff nurse.

I work in a 500 bed hospital with satelite campuses and offices.

I really like my job. It is demanding but very creative and interesting. My schedule is flexible - which is great.

I work closely with department managers, other educators, CNS's, and sometimes physicians.

I hope this information helps

Very informative post, Susurro. Thank you for the great information and insight into the nurse educator staff development role. Welcome to the Nursing Educator Forum :)

[llg, PhD, RN]

I have spent many years in Nursing Staff Development -- mostly focusing on nursing orientation and helping the staff to solve problems and implement improvements in care. Like Sussuro, I prefer the flexible hours and the variety of responsibilities that come with staff development roles over having a rigid schedule and/or having to worry about covering sick calls, etc. I also prefer the schedule over the rigidity of having to stick to a school of nursing schedule and I prefer working with practicing nurses over students who have never practiced nursing before.

I have a PhD in nursing and have focused on hospital-wide projects in the last few years rather than on the needs of a specific unit. For example, I am my hospital's liaison with the local schools of nursing and I run our summer nursing student externship program.

To learn more, you might want to browse the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. It is the journal of the major nursing organization for those of us in staff development and browsing a few issues would give you an idea of the types of issues we deal with.

llg

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Very good job description above. That's basically what it entails here. I recently looked into the position thinking I would be interested in it when I graduation. They are MSN preferred positions but they will take a BSN who states an interest in getting an MSN.

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

I do staff development in a small (150 bed) hospital. I am in charge of education for all staff, including pharmacy, radiology, respiratory, etc. I manage other educators. Mostly I am a manager, but I also teach some classes, write courses then find instructors, and integrate JCAHO & other governing bodies into our staff education. I get paid about like a nurse manager and work 40-45 hours/week. I am a member of NNSDO and working on my certification. I have a master's degree in nursing education.

[Gabie Baby]

Thanks to all of you. Your replies are very helpful. Wish me luck!

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Thanks to all of you. Your replies are very helpful. Wish me luck!

Good luck!

[marinaa]

i work in staff development as a critical care educator. i have a bsn and have nearly completed my msn. i am responsible for critical care and stepdown unit education and competencies.

i teach classes: abg, a-line, ventilator, ekg, bcls...

i write competency information for learners and the associated tests.

i survey units regarding education needs (both leadership and staff) and make education plans for the year.

i make a lot of powerpoint presentations of educational material

i assist with equipment roll outs: teach how to use new equipment, set up teaching (times, rooms...), evaluate teaching, track teaching equipment

i teach system wide issues: critical event prevention, jcaho, health dept...

i advertise teaching: posters, flyers, emails, videos, what ever works to get the staff's attention

i participate in nursing (nurses, nursing interns & externs) orientation: give lectures, sign up folks for classes, test new experienced hires

i assist with magnet certification

i go to meetings: keystone, critical care meetings, unit council meetings, committee meetings (infection control...), policy & proceedure meetings, staff meetings (when i have something to educate staff on)...

i track orientees progress and meet with them and their unit managers and preceptors.

i work mostly days but am often in on evenings and sometimes at night. i work weekdays but come in on weekends for system wide education and to talk with orientees.

my pay rate is the same as when i was a staff nurse.

i work in a 500 bed hospital with satelite campuses and offices.

i really like my job. it is demanding but very creative and interesting. my schedule is flexible - which is great.

i work closely with department managers, other educators, cns's, and sometimes physicians.

i hope this information helps

dear susurro

i hope that you can help me.

i am a nurse ansthetist in the switzerland .

i work also in a 500 bed hospital

and we are going to the 1st jcaho survey in 2008.

i am looking for a job description for a nurse anesthetist and a pacu nurse.

i think that new job description is competency based ,but i don't know what jcaho asks .

can you help me?

regards