{"id":4623,"date":"2017-11-28T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2018-04-19T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:57:27","slug":"becoming-nurse-educator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/becoming-nurse-educator","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Nurse Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Healthcare professionals are wondering about the future when they see the impact of the current nursing shortage.\u00a0However, there\u2019s actually a different shortage that many seem to be unaware of.\u00a0They know it\u2019s important to have eager nursing students who are willing to learn and lead the next generation of RNs<\/a> and LPNs<\/a>, but who will teach them? The\u00a0American Association of Colleges of Nursing said\u00a0in an October 2016 report<\/a><\/u>\u00a0that there were more than 1,500 jobs available for faculty at nursing schools and a need for 133 more just to meet the demand today.\u00a0This is exactly why becoming a nurse educator could be exactly what you\u2019re looking for. Nurses who are interested in a late-career change should consider becoming a nurse educator because it is an attractive choice. As the next generation of nurses comes into sight experienced\u00a0nurses with BSN degrees<\/a>\u00a0should consider a career as an educator. Becoming a nurse educator allows you to pass down knowledge while gaining a whole new experience in a different setting.<\/p>\n

Becoming a Nurse Educator<\/h2>\n

Requirements<\/h3>\n

The first requirement to becoming a nurse educator is to at least have a BSN degree. Nurse educators in academic settings usually hold at least a master\u2019s degree, but a doctoral degree is typically required at the university level. Nurse educators should be able to create a lesson plan that will give students the best possible chance to learn the material. They should also be able to communicate with students and present complex ideas and concepts in a manner that will allow students to digest and retain the information. Finally, they should have a passion for becoming a mentor to this new generation of nurses. Becoming a nurse educator is essentially becoming the person that will pass to torch<\/a> onto a whole new batch of healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n

\"reasons<\/p>\n

Working Conditions<\/h3>\n

Nurses transitioning to becoming a nurse educator will face a transition in their working conditions. You\u00a0are probably used to spending your day in a hospital, making rounds and interacting with other healthcare peers. As a nurse educator, you\u2019ll find yourself giving lectures in a classroom setting. Educators who oversee students in clinical settings may divide their time between campus and a nearby hospital or another healthcare facility. Many faculty members are also actively engaged in research efforts, which add to the scientific base for nursing practice. Becoming a nurse educator also means that you\u2019ll be competing with deadlines pretty frequently. There are often research and publishing requirements to be met. Nurse educators are often expected to participate in professional organizations and attend or speak at conferences. They may serve on peer review and other academic committees or be asked to write grant proposals to bring new funding to the school. This will all be happening while you\u2019ll be tasked with grading papers and making sure your students arrive in the workforce with the knowledge necessary for a successful career.\u00a0You also don\u2019t want to forget that the hours you\u2019ll be working are often more manageable. Instead of 12-hour overnight shifts, you\u2019ll be working a schedule similar to most teachers and professors so you can enjoy your free time.<\/p>\n

Job Outlook<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s already been discussed earlier, but it\u2019s important to reiterate that there is a huge need for nurse educators. Nurse educators have an average salary of over $75,000, so becoming a nurse educator is a pretty lucrative gig. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that 1 million new and replacement nurses will be needed by 2020. However, nursing schools turned away almost 65,000 qualified applicants last year, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Why? Because nursing schools don\u2019t have enough nurse educators to educate all the students who want to become nurses.<\/p>\n

If you have any other questions regarding a nurse educator career, feel free to drop a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Healthcare professionals are wondering about the future when they see the impact of the current nursing shortage.\u00a0However, there\u2019s actually a different shortage that many seem to be unaware of.\u00a0They know it\u2019s important to have eager nursing students who are willing to learn and lead the next generation of RNs and LPNs, but who will teach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[822,684,823,386],"class_list":["post-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nurse-educators","tag-becoming-a-nurse-educator","tag-nurse-education","tag-nurse-educators","tag-nursing-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5097,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/5097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}