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I was reacting to the post by Ksfrn66 who said "I actually am a full time instructor - this year I will apply for promotion to Assistant (or maybe associate I can never keep it straight!) professor. I do not teach in the BSN program, just the ADN so my day is done by 3 at the latest. I usually start at 9 am, we take an hour lunch and we leave by 3. Gravy job! I luv it!" I haven't met any nurse educator who said it is a gravy job! You put a lot of time in but there are many rewards in seeing the students grow throughout the program. Good luck!

Congratulations on going back to school! I definitely think that a Master's degree is worth the effort. I don't necessarily make more money since I am an educator but a lot more doors open to you with a Master's degree. You can be a clinical nurse specialist, nurse administrator, nurse educator, etc. Nursing faculty are in demand since so many are retiring and there are few entering the field. Hope this helps!

I think our college used to offer "Holistic Health Practices". Our psych instructor taught it but I don't know much else about it. It went over well with RNs and a few student nurses for a few years but now it hasn't been offered for 3 years or so.

I agree wholeheartedly!!

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm an ADN nurse educator in my 11th year teaching. I have taught fundies, and all areas of adult health except cardiac. I have changed the classes I teach, the hospitals for clinicals, and we did a whole curriculum change. As soon as I'm comfortable in one area, it changes! Nursing education is an education in itself!! My question to the other educators is this: Do the hospitals where you have clinicals use computer documentation? If they do, are the students allowed to use the computers to document? The city in which I teach has 3 hospitals. One does not use computer charting and the other two do. Of those 2, only one allows student nurses to document on the computer just as a RN would do. They can look up lab & xray results, look at care plans & make additions if needed, document, etc. Let me know how some other hospitals handle all this new information technology!

I know that I am "late" in this reply but this is my 11th year teaching in an ADN program and I find that I put more hours in than I did as a floor nurse. If I have morning clinicals, I'm as the hospital from 6am-12:30pm, office hours till class at 2pm-4pm, then more office hours and usually home by 6:30pm. With afternoon clinicals, my day starts at 8:30am with office hours, class from 9-11am, office hours till clinical starts at 1pm and ends supposedly at 7pm but usually not out of there till 7:45pm. On non-clinical days, I have office hours, meetings, grading, exam writing, reading, etc to do. Usually spend 4-8 hours/weekend working also.