Nurse educator residencies?

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Specializes in LTC, private duty, ortho/neuro/medsurg.

When a nurse is a new graduate, many facilities offer nurse residencies. What about newly graduated MSN/ED that want to enter the teaching world? I have one week left till I am done with my degree and looking for positions most want you to have experience. Well I am just graduating. Thank you for any input.

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Specializes in Educator.

JenMSN, Colleges and Universities will assign you a mentor that will work with you when you start depending on where you get a position. You may have to start part-time and work your way into fulltime. You will start as a clinical instructor. If you want tenure at a university you will have to get a doctorate.

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Specializes in LTC, private duty, ortho/neuro/medsurg.

Will I have curriculum I will have to follow already set in place? i am just nervous to start an instructor position and not know where to start or guidelines to follow. With every course there has to be a set schedule of what needs to be taught ....right?

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Specializes in Educator.

There will be a curriculum you will be required to follow but that doesn't restrict you from adding your own contributions. A clinical instructor doesn't always have the luxury of picking their patients problems in the area you will be sent so your students will have a variety of patient problems to handle. With your years of experience I will assume you have already dealt with students. I recommend you start with clinical instruction until you're comfortable enough to take on a classroom. Universities conduct orientation classes you will be required to attend. These classes will pick up where your graduate school left off. Teaching strategies, how to deal with difficult students, etc are just some of the topics that will be covered. This web site is an excellent resource for the questions you will have. Good luck with your new career!

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Specializes in LTC, private duty, ortho/neuro/medsurg.

Thank you rick1160.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

My MSN included practicum requirements for nursing education - academic and workplace settings. IMO, This should be incorporated into programs that prepare educators. Unfortunately, I think that education is not taken seriously as a discipline, especially in the commercial (online) degree factories that are churning out MSNs.

I think residencies are a wonderful idea, particularly for those of us in workplace education. It is still a struggle to recruit qualified educators so we have to 'grow our own'.

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