Overview
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College offers an all-online Master of Science in Nursing Nurse Educator Concentration for BSN-prepared registered nurses interested in becoming professional educators with competencies in patient education, staff development and academic education.
The Nurse Educator Concentration prepares students to assume complex professional roles in a variety of settings by integrating prior learning with advanced discipline-specific coursework and clinical experiences.
Concentration Highlights
Our Nurse Educator concentration has many benefits to students, no matter where you are in the country. The Nurse Educator concentration emphasizes the role of nursing in higher education, including the importance of research, service and teaching in academic settings.
Students learn the basics of curriculum design so they can build and refine curricula. They also learn to design a variety of clinical scenarios and apply them to a simulated learning environment. Students conduct their practicum experience by teaching during classes and clinicals under the supervision of a faculty preceptor
Convenient Online Classes
There’s no need to travel to campus to complete your studies. All of your courses and communication will be online and even orientation can happen virtually.
Full-Time Schedule
Advance your career while you’re still working. Full-time studies could be completed in six terms (24 months). Term courses are planned with 2-3 courses.
Personalized Practicum Experience
Four of the curriculum plan terms include immersive practicum education experiences that include hands-on experience with curriculum development and evaluation, teaching strategies and assessment, instructional technology in education, integration of simulation and virtual reality in academic environment and practice settings related to all learners. You’ll have the support and guidance of a variety of educator setting preceptors who have a master’s (or higher) prepared nurse educator in a pre-licensure nursing program.
Diverse Career Potential
Share your knowledge by teaching students in an academic setting, as well as working with patients and practicing nurses in academic and clinical settings such as hospitals, community health care agencies, and interprofessional academic institutions.
Graduates of the Nurse Educator Concentration will be prepared to teach students in an academic setting, as well as patients and practicing nurses in various clinical settings including hospitals and community health care agencies.
Prepare for Excellence
Graduates will be eligible to take the National League for Nursing’s (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) exam upon completion of requisite experience. The Nurse Educator role is recognized by NLN as a specialty area of practice.
The Nurse Educator Master’s option and Post MSN Educator Certificate accepts students annually each spring term.
Sample Full-Time Course Sequence
| TERM I | |
| Organizational & Systems Leadership | 3 |
| Health Care Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| TERM II | |
| Statistics & Epidemiology for Advanced Practice | 3 |
| TERM III | |
| Evidence-Based Practice and Research | 3 |
| Trends, Issues and Rolex in Practice Education | 3 |
| TERM IV | |
| Advanced Health Assessment (56 hours)* | 3 |
| Practicum II: Teaching Strategies and Learning Assessment (100 hours) | 3 |
| TERM V | |
| Health Promotion in Individuals and Vulnerable Populations | 3 |
| Practicum III: Instructional Technology in Clinical Education (100 hours) | 3 |
| TERM VII | |
| Research Theory & Integration | 3 |
| Practicum IV: Teaching in Clinical (150 hours) | 3 |
| TOTAL Clinical Hours |
42 506 |
Admission Requirements
The following items are required when applying to the Master's Program for Nurse Educator:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from an accredited institution of higher education. Post-MSN students require a Master of Science in Nursing degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
- Minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale in all undergraduate and undergraduate coursework
- Satisfactory completion of an undergraduate statistics course
- Current CV or resume
- Current, unencumbered licensure RN license in the United States
- An email with additional information regarding compliance requirements will be sent three months prior to start date.
Costs and Financial Aid
Tuition Costs
Earning your MSN degree is a significant investment, and one of the most important ones you will make. Take a look at expenses or download our program cost flyer.
Financial Aid
We want you to be successful as you embark on the Master's Program for Nurse Educator. Take a look at what financial assistance options are available to you.
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