MSN Professors?

Well first, PhD and MSN are not certifications but rather are academic degrees.

Earning an MSN can qualify you to teach in an LPN/ LVN program and undergraduate programs. (ADN and BSN) One generally needs to be educated to one level ABOVE what you want to teach. So if you want to teach in a MSN program, you need to have a doctoral degree (DNP/ PhD/ EdD).

Does that make sense?

Even if one were hired in a university setting with a MSN, the expectation is that the nurse educator will be actively pursuing a terminal doctorate degree.

Professors in other collegiate disciplines usually hold doctorates, so that is the same expectation for nursing faculty who seek full professorship and tenure with maximum compensation.

All my teachers in my ADN program are MSN

There is a nursing faculty shortage, so many schools will hire MSN instructors for BSN and MSN lectures and clinicals. However, most schools require an MSN instructor who is teaching MSN students to obtain either a PhD or DNP within a specified period of time.

I started one RN-BSN program and very few had doctorates. It was very disorganized (they were reworking the program) the director of the program had an MPH. Not even an MSN in nursing! I did not stay there.

I moved to another program that had all doctoral level instructors but also used a company that hires MSN instructors, most of which are working on terminal degrees, to be TAs. That was a great program.

If you have an MSN, you can get a DNP or an Ed.D, in about 2 years and then teach at the University level. (as opposed to a 5-6 year Ph.D)

I have a Masters in Teaching as well as MSN. I could get a post Masters CNE and teach clinical or specific topics, perhaps (I am ortho certified and am sitting for CDE soon).

In Informatics, we had non-nursing degrees (Medical Information Management degrees), but that is the exception, rather than the rule.

At my bsn program all professors were educated at the doctorate level, phd or dnp. Clinical instructors had a minimum of a master's degree.

At the ADN programs near me, a master's degree is sufficient to teach lecture.

I have an MSN and teach online in a RN-BSN program. Many of the professors in the MSN program have a DNP, PhD, or EdD