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| Name: |
Nurse
Educator |
| Description: |
Incorporates
a variety of roles including teaching, research,
and patient care. Central to effective teaching
are the solid clinical skills developed from
clinical practice. Responsible for lesson
planning, instructing, evaluating learning,
counseling, and assisting with solving learning
problems. Responsible for affecting the quality
of patient care by educating future nurses and
guaranteeing competence and advancement of
practicing nurses. Acts as consultant for
clinical practices and/or organizations
developing nursing or public-health policy.
Serves as a primary resource for theory and
knowledge development in the discipline of
nursing |
| Settings: |
Associate,
diploma, undergraduate and graduate degree
nursing-education programs; continuing education;
staff development, patient, family, and community
education programs at voluntary health
organizations, hospitals, senior centers, home
health, clinics, and HMOs |
| Characteristics: |
Teaching
students, staff, and/or patients, positive
outcomes, freedom and autonomy, opportunities for
patient care, variety and flexibility, making a
difference |
| Drawbacks: |
Excessive
paperwork, lack of bureaucratic appreciation,
heavy workload, cost containment, maintaining
current knowledge |
| Desirable
skills: |
People
skills especially helpful, commitment to
excellence and life-long learning, love of
nursing and learning, flexibility, teaching
experience, knowledge of adult-learning theory
and health promotion, humor, high energy, risk
taking, positive attitude, priority setting, and
time management |
| Education: |
RN
with BSN, MSN, or doctorate depending on setting |
| Employers: |
Schools
of nursing at community colleges, hospitals,
colleges, and universities; staff-development
departments in patient-care centers, healthcare
organizations, home-health agencies, seminar
companies, professional membership organizations |
| Certification: |
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| Organizations: |
| American
Association of Colleges of Nursing |
| 1 Dupont Circle,
#530, NW |
| Washington, DC
20036 |
| 202-463-6930 |
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| National League for Nursing |
| 16 Broadway |
| New York, NY 10006 |
| 800-669-1656 |
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| American Academy of Nurses |
| 600 Maryland Av., SW, #100, |
| Washington, DC 20024-2571 |
| 800-284-CERT |
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| National Nursing Staff
Development Organization |
| 437 Twin Bay Dr. |
| Pensacola, FL 32534-1350 |
| 800-489-1995 |
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| Association of Community
Health Nursing Educators |
| 4700 W. Lake Ave. |
| Glenview, IL 60025-1485 |
| 847-375-4717 |
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| American Association of
Diabetes Educators |
| 100 West Monroe St., #400 |
| Chicago, IL 60603-1901 |
| 312-424-2426 |
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| National Council on Patient
Information and Education |
| 666 11th St., NW, #810 |
| Washington, DC 20001-4542 |
| 202-347-6711 |
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| Publications: |
| AACN
Newsletter |
| 202-463-6930 |
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| Journal
of Professional Nursing |
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| Nursing and
Health Care |
| 800-669-1656 |
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| Nursing
Outlook |
| 800-284-CERT |
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| Nurse Educator |
| 800-777-2295 |
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| Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing |
| 609-848-1000 |
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| Journal of
Nursing Education |
| 609-848-1000 |
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| Journal of
Nursing Staff Development |
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| Trendlines
Newsletter |
| 800-489-1995 |
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| ACHNE
Newsletter |
| 847-375-4717 |
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| The Diabetes
Educator Journal |
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| AADE News |
| 800-338-DMED |
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