Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Professional Development
  • Continuing Education
  • Certification
  • Service and Scholarship

Nurs 787 - Theory Teaching and Learning

Module 8: Professional Development

Overview

Deciding to become a nurse educator is an important first step to developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed to pursue this career path. Completing course work and/or a graduate teaching certificate is a good start. As we’ve discussed, nurse educators are present across settings and serve in many roles. They work with students, patients, families, communities, professional peers and colleagues, consumers, military personnel, even policy makers and product developers. The possibilities for nurse educators are endless. Maintaining one’s competency, growing and developing in the role, developing others, serving organizations, and disseminating evidence are also part of a nurse educator’s role and responsibilities. This module will provide ideas and resources for doing so.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, the learner will be able to:

• Define professional development and why it is relevant
• Identify resources for nurse educator certification
• Describe opportunities for service and scholarship .

Required Readings

• None, readings within module

Directions

Read the module and suggested readings within the module. Then complete the assignment for the module.