Nurse Educator Track - MSN

The Byers School of Nursing, Nurse Educator Track is designed for nurses who wish to gain knowledge, skills, and expertise related to teaching in nursing.

Nurse Educator Program Outcomes:

1. Utilize nursing and education research to create teaching strategies designed to support nursing education in a dynamic learning environment.
2. Exhibit leadership skills as a significant figure in the interdisciplinary health care team for the improvement of nursing education.
3. Analyze legal, ethical, and regulatory issues impacting health care delivery systems and education systems for the improvement of nursing education.
4. Engage in scholarship activities within the nurse educator role.

Nurse Educator Track Guidelines

Admission Policy

Participants enrolled in the Nurse Educator program must comply with the Byers School of Nursing Graduate admissions requirements.

Program Delivery

The Nurse Educator program is offered using a distance learning methodology*.

Academic Advising

Upon admission to their Nurse Educator program, the student is assigned to a graduate faculty member who will work with the student to develop a curriculum plan. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisors prior to registration each semester to confirm their program plan.

Registration Procedures

Before or during the first half of the first semester, students are encouraged to meet with their faculty advisors to map out a curriculum plan. For the remainder of the program students are responsible for registering for their own classes. The process is as follows:

• Graduate students may register online by accessing the Cavalier Center. Before registering for courses, students should consult with their academic advisor to ensure timely progress towards degree completion. 

*Online refers to the definition from the Higher Learning Commission: Distance-delivered courses are those in which all or the vast majority (typically 75% or more) of the instruction and interaction occurs via electronic communication, correspondence, or equivalent mechanisms, with the faculty and students physically separated from each other.

Nurse Educator Track

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Foundation Courses (9 Credit Hours)
NURS 603	Advance Professional Nurs Role	3
NURS 607	Adv. Theory/Research Evid Bas	3
NURS 706	Hlth Care Policy, Organ/Financ	3
Practice Application Courses (19 Credit Hours)
NURS 610	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NURS 612	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NURS 614	Adv Health Assessment	3
NURS 633	Sem & Prac in Adv Nurs Spec	4
NURS 705	App of Epidemiol to Hlth Serv	3
NURS 718	Hltcr Tech & Data Mgmt	3
Expert Knowledge (13 Credit Hours)
NURS 630	Assess,Meas&Eval in Acad.Edu	3
NURS 631	Curr Devel&Eval in Acad Nur Ed	3
NURS 632	Teach Strateg in Nursing Educ	3
NURS 635	Practicum in Nurs Education (200 clinical hours)	4
Total Clinical Hours: 350
Total Hours		41

* Online refers to the definition from the Higher Learning Commission: Distance-delivered courses are those in which all or the vast majority (typically 75% or more) of the instructions and interaction occurs via electronic communication, correspondence, or equivalent mechanisms, with the faculty and students physically separated from each other.