educator pay

berry · Apr 16, 2004

50 views and nobody can help me. Does anybody on the nurse educator board teach at a nursing school?

gerinurse10 · Apr 16, 2004

Hi: I have been researching this and found that here in CT salaries range from 43k-60k. The 43k is for a nursing instructor at a 2 year college, 10 month contract, you need to have an MSN. Approx. 50k-60k for 4 year schools but you need a PhD. I just called today for an instructor position for an LPN program. 12 month contract 48k. $37/hr. for adjunct instructors. You need a BSN, they only want people with acute care experience they will teach you to be an instructor. For a local hospital here in CT I saw an add for a nurse educator, salary range was 55k-90k. They wanted a masters prepared nurse. It is obvious there is a faculty shortage. I am still concerned though on getting a position when I finish my MSN, do I really want to go back for a PhD. I think these salaries are good here, they are much lower in other states. People forget that most are 9-10 month contracts with around a month off for winter break and days off for holidays. I'm still going for it because there will always be a need for instructors whether it be in a college setting, staff development in any setting. Will never hurt to a have a masters either. Hope this helps. Go searching on the internet for nursing instructor salaries and you will get a bunch of sites on actual want ads, gives you job description and salary.

susi_q · Apr 28, 2004

I'm an adjunct clinical instructor - in MI - make $25.50/hr - BSN prepared for a community college teaching LPN or ADN students. Doesn't seem very well compensated (it's less than I make on the floor), but I love it.

zenman · May 5, 2004

Is your avatar doing Tai Chi Cloudy Hands?

llg, PhD, RN · May 5, 2004

The $20.00 to $25.00 per hour rate is typical in my area (Virginia) for instructors. You also have to look at the number of hours they agree to pay you for. For example, you may only be paid for the actual time you spend at work teaching -- and not paid for the hours you spend at home grading papers, or at the school for meetings, or going to the hospital the day before to make assignments, etc. That can be a big issue.

The bottom line is: if you want to advance in a teaching career and earn more money, have better benefits, have better hours, etc., you have to qualify for promotion -- and that almost always requires a Master's Degree and ofter requires a doctorate. The academic world values academic accomplishment and rewards those best who have achieved academic distinction. You can get a lower-level position without the graduate degrees, but you will always be on the bottom of the totem pole unless you get the more advanced degrees.

Good luck,

llg -- who has a PhD and has done a little teaching, but who is now back working in a hospital.

Saved_by_Grace · May 18, 2004

so it is possible to teach with a bsn at the community college level? or do you need your msn? :confused:

i'm an adjunct clinical instructor - in mi - make $25.50/hr - bsn prepared for a community college teaching lpn or adn students. doesn't seem very well compensated (it's less than i make on the floor), but i love it.

rnmaven · May 19, 2004

so it is possible to teach with a bsn at the community college level? or do you need your msn?

most community colleges advertise msn preferred. it may be possible to get some work as a clinical preceptor but you won't get any full time faculty position without a msn.

susi_q · May 26, 2004

Actually ... I was hired as a clinical instructor, but have been asked to teach a meds class in the classroom this summer. (Yes, I only have a BSN and have no intention of going on at this time). You are right though that in order to be full time faculty, you need the Masters or more.

Sheri257 · May 28, 2004

Don't forget that nursing instructors may not make a lot of money, but the instructors at my school get two-three months off each year. So you probably need to factor that into the equation as well ...

I mean, how many jobs are there where you get two to three months off a year?

renerian, BSN, RN · May 28, 2004

MSN with PhD preferred. I have an MS and I cannot teach even the nutrition class that my BS/MS is in. Need a MSN to teach even nutrition. Very sad. I can guarantee with two degrees in nutrition I know more than an MSN. NO offense to MSNs (big smile)

renerian

alleykat · Jun 24, 2004

so it is possible to teach with a bsn at the community college level? or do you need your msn?

i talked with my instructors and was told that they all had to return to college to get master's degree. the program coordinator told me that her and other staff instructors would travel and share expenses back and forth to the four-year college while still working at the community college. you may be able to get a job (with the nursing shortage) with a bsn... but i bet they will want you to be working on an msn.