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Been following this Army nurse officer's blog for a while, believe she is either becoming an educator, or already is one.
Your equivalent would be a brigade nurse (from what I've seen). They're responsible for the training and certification of many of the enlisted medics. However, that isn't a position that you can direct-commission into. There's a board you have to apply for.
The military in general seems to like using CNS's in educator roles. I personally find that rather dumb, since their training doesn't really focus on teaching methods...but I don't make the decisions.
The Air Force has a staff development officer (and education and training office) for every medical group, which is pretty similar to a nurse educator.
HOPEforRNs, ADN, BSN, MSN
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I'm a BSN RN currently enrolled in a MSN Nurse Educator program. I absolutely love hands-on education, especially simulation. I am trained on METIman, iStan, and Lucina. I do interprofessional simulations, nursing simulations at all levels and courses, and mass casualty simulations. I do both live patient actors and simulators. I would absolutely love to do this type of work for military nurses (and APRNs and physicians and medics). Is this something the military does from within or contracts a civilian to do? I am not sure how to get involved on this level. Joining the military has been in the back of my mind since I turned down admission to the US Naval Academy out of high school. I just hope to bring my passion with me. I hope to get my EdD for nurse educators from Univ of Alabama when I finish my master's next year. Thanks!