WHERE CAN I TEACH?

Where can I teach?
Nurses who care for patients in a variety of settings engage in patient teaching, while Nurse Educators typically practice in the following settings:

  • Senior colleges and universities
  • Junior or community colleges
  • Hospital-based schools of nursing
  • High school based LPN programs
  • Technical colleges
  • Hospitals
  • On-line using distance learning technology.

Nurse Educators serve in a variety of roles that range from full-time and adjunct (part-time) clinical faculty to dean of a college of nursing. Professional titles include Instructional or Administrative Nurse Faculty, Clinical Nurse Educator, and most faculty have academic rank from Assistant Professor through full Professor.