5515NE The Role Of The Nurse Educator (2)
This course will explore the role of the nurse educator. Emphasis will be the
development and evaluation of the nurse educator in the functional areas of
community education, staff education, and academic education. In each of these
areas topics such as role transition, productivity, job
duties/responsibilities, and role enactment evaluation, will be discussed and
compared one to the other. Core content includes: role theory, subroles of the
nurse educator (leader, learning facilitator, collaborator/consultant,
inquirer, and clinical expert), adult education philosophy, the effect of
education research on nurse education and trends of nursing education.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN program or permission from instructor.