Welcome to the Nurse Educator Forum. It is my desire that you find this a warm, inviting place and will come here often for friendly, collegial discussions.
Let me introduce myself: I have been an ADN nurse educator in a small community college in North Carolina for the past two years. My areas of specialty are medical-surgical, OBGYN and immediate newborn, and cardiac nursing. In addition to teaching, I conduct clinicals on general medical-surgical, PEDS, postpartum, and cardiac step-down units. Along with being a full time nursing instructor, I am working on my Masters in Nursing Education. I am enrolled in a fully online curricula and have been very satisfied with this so far.
I have learned much these past two years but, I have so much more to learn! I look forward to hearing from you.
Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Hello! Nice to meet all of you. I have just been accepted to an MSN program with a concentration in education & community/public health nursing. My ultimate goal is to teach in a BSN/MSN program that specializes in the comm.health field. I have been a homecare (geriatric) nurse for 10 years. I have been a case manager, QI coordinator, nurse liaison and project manager. This was all in one company, you have got to love nursing! Presently, I am a supervisor of an assisted living agency and will be able to go part time while I am in school. I have been ready to move on to a new level and found that I loved this MSN program that I will be starting in September. I'm so excited. I do have my reservations due to the fact that I have no hospital experience and really have no interest in it so I wonder if there is a job for me? I figure if anything I can get an adjunct position and still work my comm. health positions. Any comments on my job outlook after graduation? :)
Welcome to the Forum! The job outlook is generally very good, depending upon your state and area. Especially with the BSN programs, there are whole semesters devoted to community health and public health nursing; also clinicals at community health sites. And, most areas are experiencing an acute shortage of nursing instructors. One thing you can do now is to contact the HR department at area university and community colleges and inquire about nursing instructor openings. This should give you a quick assessment of the job outlook.
I'm currently working as a nurse educator at a hospital based dialysis unit here in San Francisco. My 20 year in nursing has been in critical care, acute and chronic hemodialysis, pediatric dialysis, apheresis, management, and now education. Worked as an educator for a medical equipment company---but the corporate mentality wasn't for me.
Was recently accepted to graduate school. Will start in September on my MSN with an education specialty. If I stay motivated, I would love to get my PhD as there certainly appears to be the need.
Have enjoyed reading the different threads, primarily around the (seemingly reduced) caliber / motivation of many of our newer nurses. I can relate!!
Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Welcome to the Forum, Paulsm! What sort of nurse educator do you want to be (CNS, educator in university or community college setting, etc)? There are so many options. Whatever your choice of concentration, I am sure you will be a great asset. Let us know if we can help or encourage you in anyway :)
Hi all - I'm new to this board, but not new to nursing education. I have been teaching nursing for 7 years in a school with just about all levels of nursing education, (BSN, RN-BSN, MSN, and PhD programs). I teach both BSN and MSN courses. Our total enrollment is approximately 350 students in all of our various programs.
I am a BSN researching different programs distance and on line to start my MSN. I would love to do it in education. I have taught for RN and BScN program seasonally for clinical only. I would love to teach in a classroom setting one day. I have taught medical, surgical and geriatrics within the acute setting of our local hospital. It is alot of work but very enjoyable...students keep you on your toes...
Any tips for MSN or MN would be appreciated? Name of institution, length of course completion, etc...
Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Hi all - I'm new to this board, but not new to nursing education. I have been teaching nursing for 7 years in a school with just about all levels of nursing education, (BSN, RN-BSN, MSN, and PhD programs). I teach both BSN and MSN courses. Our total enrollment is approximately 350 students in all of our various programs.
Welcome to the Forum! Feel free to post here anytime. I am both a teacher (ADN students) and a student myself (MSN-Nurse Educator--due to graduate next summer!) :chuckle Our nursing school is very small-a total of about 100 in all of our different programs (ADN and LPN).
Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
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I am a BSN researching different programs distance and on line to start my MSN. I would love to do it in education. I have taught for RN and BScN program seasonally for clinical only. I would love to teach in a classroom setting one day. I have taught medical, surgical and geriatrics within the acute setting of our local hospital. It is alot of work but very enjoyable...students keep you on your toes...
Any tips for MSN or MN would be appreciated? Name of institution, length of course completion, etc...
Welcome, Sarah! My program is totally online (MSN-Nurse Educator concentration) and very student friendly. 36 credit hours total. PM me sometime and I will give you the specifics.
Sounds like you would make a great instructor with all of your experience. And you are right, students do keep you on your toes :chuckle
Hello to all! I teach Med-Surg III in an ADN program at a community college in WV. I actually graduated from this program myself in 1990. I received my BSN from WVU and completed MSN from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.
In August I will begin my third year of teaching and I absolutely love it! Lecturing took a little bit to get used to though....I also have clinicals on Th/Fr from 8-2p. Have Tuesdays "off" as a planning day. (don't have to go to office). We take in 65-80 students each year depending on the # of adjunct faculty we have signed on. My group for fall has 8 students which is manageable.
My question is this: what is your dress code and how well is it policed with adjuncts, etc?
Thank you for the words of encouragement. I have decided to pursue a career in the educational field. I think this would be rewarding for me at this time in my life. Please feel free to pass on any advice you may have.
Welcome, Sarah! My program is totally online (MSN-Nurse Educator concentration) and very student friendly. 36 credit hours total. PM me sometime and I will give you the specifics.
Sounds like you would make a great instructor with all of your experience. And you are right, students do keep you on your toes :chuckle
Im starting my MSN program - with concentration in Nursing Education- shortly in a distance education program. I have taught CNAs for 6 years... I want to teach nursing at the college level... And Im thrilled to be starting this program. I started the reading last night and scared myself. There must have been 8 new words on the first PAGE! This is going to be a challenge, but I am excited... tell me about your program and your students? It may be the same one... St Joseph's?
Lecturing took a little bit to get used to though....I also have clinicals on Th/Fr from 8-2p. Have Tuesdays "off" as a planning day. (don't have to go to office).
That's what I'm afraid of...lectures!! :uhoh21: My only hope is that I will know more than them. And yes they do keep you on your toes (I see that when I'm working on the floor and the students come to me with so many questions (I really don't mind though).
You mentioned your "day off". I was wondering too, what kind of schedule does a full time professor/instructor have? 4 days, 5 days, does it include evening classes (if the school offers them)? I have so many schedule conflicts right now with childcare, but by the time I start teaching, my daughter will start 1st grade. I'm just hoping it will be a better alternative to 12hr hosp shifts, having maybe a more normal lifestyle.
Specializes in critical care, management, med surg, edu.
Hi to everyone
I've been a nurse since 1975, mostly med surg & critical care. I've been in education of some sort since 1985 - staff ed, CNA, ASN, LPN. My MSN is Med-surg with double minors in teaching and supervision. I also have a post master's certificate Adult NP. It's great to see so many people who are interested in making nursing education their career specialty. I've loved it all and use all of my education every day.
I am interested to know how cultural competence is being integrated into curriculla across the nation. Is it a separate course, integrated, or ignored? I understand the upcoming NCLEX will be focusing more on this area. Any thoughts?
Good luck to all of you in your education and careers.
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN
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Welcome to the Forum! The job outlook is generally very good, depending upon your state and area. Especially with the BSN programs, there are whole semesters devoted to community health and public health nursing; also clinicals at community health sites. And, most areas are experiencing an acute shortage of nursing instructors. One thing you can do now is to contact the HR department at area university and community colleges and inquire about nursing instructor openings. This should give you a quick assessment of the job outlook.