Certification for Nursing Educators is Now Available

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

From the NLN:

http://www.nln.org/FacultyCertification/index.htm

The Value of Certification

Certification in any field is a mark of professionalism. For academic nurse educators, it establishes nursing education as a specialty area of practice and creates a means for faculty to demonstrate their expertise in this role. It communicates to students, peers and the academic and health care communities that the highest standards of excellence are being met. By becoming credentialed as a Certified Nurse EducatorCM (CNECM), you serve as a leader and a role model. Certification is the mark of distinction for nursing faculty.

Goals of CNE Certification:

Distinguish academic nursing education as a specialty area of practice and an advanced practice role within professional nursing.

Recognize the academic nurse educator's specialized knowledge, skills and abilities and excellence in practice.

Strengthen the use of core competencies of nurse educator practice.

Demonstrate a commitment to professional development, lifelong learning and nursing education as a career.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Excellent, VickieRN.

I have not considered certification as a Nurse Educator. I will look into this.

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This is a serious question, although it may sound ridiculous. When I was in school, I was the only left handed person in the class. Apparently, they found it difficult when teaching certain procedures requiring very specific sequence of events. So they found a left handed nurse so I could learn certain procedures "in reverse" with respect to what is done with the left or right hand and what comes next. Does this still happen?

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

This is great. :)

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