NURSE EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE
The Nurse Educator Certificate prepares students at the master’s or doctoral level to serve as educators in health care and academic systems.
Nurse Educator Certificate
The Nurse Educator Certificate prepares students at the master’s or doctoral level to serve as educators in health care and academic systems. The program includes specialized instruction on pedagogy, curriculum development, and testing and evaluation. Students are paired with expert mentors in the field in their Role Synthesis course to engage in activities that will prepare them to serve the future nursing workforce in innovative and evidence-based capacities.
“According to AACN’s report on 2021-2022 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing, U.S. nursing schools turned away 91,938 qualified applications from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in 2021 due to an insufficient number of faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors, and budget constraints. Most nursing schools responding to the survey pointed to faculty shortages as a top reason for not accepting all qualified applicants into their programs.”
CAREER INFORMATION
- The shortage of registered nurses in the U.S. could reach as high as 500,000 by 2025 . . . the demand for RNs is expected to grow by 2% to 3% each year” (AACN, n.d.). Additional faculty are needed to educate the nurses that are needed to supplement the growing shortage.
- The average age of nursing faculty continues to increase and the number of anticipated retirees has created an urgent need for more nurse educators (AACN, 2022).
- Advanced academic preparation to serve in the educator role is necessary in order to facilitate educational innovation to transform the future of health care.
"The shortage of registered nurses in the US has created such a need for additional healthcare professionals and with that need comes the need for more nursing faculty to train and prepare these students to go out and make a difference in the world."
Dr. Melinda McGaughy
Associate Professor of Nursing