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Nov 27, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate University Catalog
Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate
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The Nurse Educator Certificate is designed for registered nurses who seek opportunities in a staff development role in the clinical arena or in a faculty role in academic setting. A strong emphasis is placed on experiential learning opportunities focusing on teaching pedagogy and assessment of learning. Students will gain a strong foundation in curriculum development, methods of inquiry, teaching-learning theory, and the role of education in health care. A requisite residency consisting of a minimum of 200 hours will be arranged collaboratively with the student, faculty, and a skilled educator mentor. This curriculum is offered in an all-online format with the exception of the nurse educator residency; which consists of practice hours in addition to the online component. The nurse educator residency will consist of supervised experience hours.
Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate Expected Student Learning Outcomes:
Graduates of the Nurse Educator Certificate are able to:
- Integrate evidence-based principles of teaching and learning into the design, delivery, and evaluation of nursing education within the clinical or academic arena.
- Utilize appropriate principles, models, and processes of instructional design to create educational experiences for nurses in either the clinical or academic arena.
Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate Requirements for Admission:
The Certified Nurse Educator Certificate applicants must:
- Complete the University application for the non-degree seeking student
- Send official transcripts from all undergraduate (and graduate, if applicable) institutions attended and demonstrate a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Possess an unencumbered/unrestricted license as an RN in Illinois or be eligible and obtain one upon admission
- Possess a bachelor’s degree in nursing (or higher) from an accredited nursing school
- Submit proof of flu vaccine, current CPR certification, immunity from communicable diseases, including tuberculosis screening
* Enrollment in this certificate is not available to students currently enrolled in the master’s nurse educator (NE) or master’s entry into nursing practice (MENP) majors.*
**Up to 3 transfer credit hours will be accepted toward the certificate**
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Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate Curricula (9 hours):
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