Nurse educators (NEs) are combatting the nursing shortage on the front line. NEs are experienced nurses who hold a Master of Science in Nurse Education, and who prepare future nurses to provide compassionate, safe and effective care.
The regulatory changes and fast paced advancements in medical innovation continuously challenge the healthcare system and its providers. One of the healthcare professionals who is affected the most by these whirlwind changes is the clinical nurse educator.
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A Master of Science in Nursing (Nurse Educator) degree allows you to channel your passion for education and quality care into a career shaping the next generation of nursing professionals. Nurse educators work in a variety of environments including academic institutions and clinical settings.
One of the most rewarding ways you can choose to advance your career is through an online master’s degree in nursing education. Technology has made it easier than ever to obtain a master’s degree by taking classes online, making life and school more manageable.
National Nurses Week — May 6–12 — celebrates nurses and educates the public about the nursing profession and its advancement. This year’s theme is “Nurses: Inspire, Innovate, Influence.” Nurses play a pivotal role in healthcare and inspire change and improvement in patient outcomes, which is certainly something to celebrate.
ScrubsMag.com takes a look at the link between the lack of nursing instructors and the nursing shortage.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 report projects a nursing shortage through 2024. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) relates that at least part of the nursing shortage is related to a lack of qualified nurse educators.
First and foremost, all nurses are educators. Nurses are continually challenged to take difficult and sometimes life-saving information and translate for optimal patient understanding and compliance. Nurses instruct on medications, procedures, appointments, wound care, hygiene, safety and everything in between.
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