Jun 28, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Nurse Educator, PGC


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Post-Graduate Certificate • NURSEDU PGC

Admissions   

The Nurse Educator Post-Graduate Certificate program will prepare the MSN graduate for the nurse educator role in academic or staff development settings. The curriculum integrates core master’s-level concepts, advanced clinical foundations (assessment, pharmacology, pathophysiology) and education-focused courses. Students develop teaching strategies in the didactic and clinical setting, synthesize teaching/learning theories, and acquire skills in curriculum development. Clinical practicum objectives include the student’s ability to provide didactic and clinical instruction within the academic or clinical settings. As a result, graduates of the Nurse Educator Post-Graduate Certificate are well prepared to assume faculty or clinical instructor positions in schools of nursing or staff development positions in health care institutions.

Upon successful completion of the Post-Graduate Certificate Nurse Educator, the graduate will be eligible to seek certification as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), offered by the National League for Nursing (NLN).

Learning Outcomes


  • Synthesize concepts and theories from nursing and related disciplines and sciences to deliver advanced nursing care.

  • Integrate evidence-based knowledge, research, and clinical judgment to design, coordinate, and evaluate the delivery of care.

  • Integrate current and emerging health and information technologies effectively into one’s practice to enhance health outcomes.

  • Collaborate effectively within an interprofessional context to improve the delivery of care across the healthcare continuum.

  • Apply organizational and systems leadership strategies to promote high quality and safe patient care environments.

  • Advocate for policies at the local, state, and national levels to improve health and advance the profession of nursing.

  • Demonstrate beginning competency in advanced nursing role.

Thesis/Capstone - 1 Credit


**Upon discussion with MSN Advisor, Student will elect to conduct either a Special Research Project (NURS 795 ) or do the traditional thesis (NURS 799 ).

Total Credits: 28


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