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Nurse Educator Certificate (Online)
Degree
Nurse Educator Certificate
Department
At a Glance
This 14-credit program is designed for nurses who want to teach and develop future nurses. Learn to develop nursing leaders through a program that places a special focus on teaching in both academic and health care settings. The certificate can be completed full time or part time and is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education.
Program Coordinator: Judy Harkins, gradnurse@tcnj.edu
Duration
- part time: 1–2 years
Availability
- online
Practicum
- 150 hours
4
- courses
14
- credits
$1292.66
- per credit
Who Should Pursue This Program?
This fully accredited certificate is ideal if you’re an RN with at least a bachelor’s in nursing and you want to enhance your teaching skills. You’ll gain the critical training you need to educate future nurses and/or to advocate within the industry.
Engaged Faculty
Learn from nationally and internationally recognized faculty who are fully engaged with their students. Your professor knows your name and teaches all of your classes. You won’t find any TAs here.
Application Requirements
For your application to be considered complete, you must submit the online application as well as all supplemental documents.
Recommended Application Deadlines
We consider applications on a space-available basis. You can apply up to and including the first day of the semester.
Curriculum
NURS 570 Teaching Strategies with Practicum (3 credits; 50 practicum hours)
This course provides nurses with a variety of teaching strategies and evaluation tools aimed to promote positive and effective learning environments. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of what it means to learn and to teach. Students will explore the meaning of their personal teaching philosophy and how changing paradigms of contemporary teaching practices impact both the teacher and the learner. Selected teaching theories will be examined and applied to both the role of nurse educator and the nurse education practice. Students will apply critical thinking skills to assess the needs of and plan teaching strategies based on educational theory and evidence-based practices related to education. The practicum component is also included in this course.
NURS 571 Curriculum Development and Learning Theory (3 credits)
This course examines curriculum and assessment through theoretical and practical lenses. Emphasis is placed on preparing educators to create and evaluate coherent, aligned, student-centered curricula consistent with effective pedagogy. Students will learn how to develop/utilize curriculum crosswalk(s) assuring essential objectives and learning strategies are in line with current academic and clinical practice recommendations and are based on established and emerging learning theories.
NURS 572 Teaching with Technology for Health Professionals (3 credits)
This course is designed to deepen students’ skills, concepts, and capabilities in information technology within the framework of nursing and health education. Students will learn contemporary techniques for teaching and learning with technology, including best practices in online design and digital resource creation and dissemination. Existing and developing technologies utilized in nursing education and practice settings will be explored.
NURS 573 Assessment/Evaluation Methods with Practicum (5 credits; 150 practicum hours)
This course emphasizes developing a systematic assessment plan, generating learning objectives and outcomes, developing blueprints and examinations, and analyzing statistical test data. Measurement theory related to norm referenced and criterion referenced evaluation methods will be reviewed. Students will explore measurement tools for evaluation of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains, and gain experience in computer analysis of measurement tools. Use and interpretation of standardized tests will be explored. The principles and practices of assessment along with current issues and research related to educational measurement will be discussed. The practicum component is also included in this course.
Code: NURS_CER09
Tuition/Aid
We offer the same tuition rates no matter where you live. And there are a range of financial aid and assistantship options for TCNJ graduate students.
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/master’s degree program in nursing at The College of New Jersey are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20001. 202-887-6791
