Post-Master’s Certificate: Nursing Education

This program prepares licensed registered nurses, who already have a Master of Science in Nursing degree, for another exciting level of practice—the role of qualified educator in an academic or a healthcare setting. Master’s prepared nurses wanting to take their professional calling to another area of nursing will find that the four nursing education courses offered through the program will enhance their practices. This Certificate Program builds on previous knowledge obtained in the Master’s of Nursing program.

The Graduate certificate is offered as an online program.

Students graduating from the Nursing Education Certificate Program will be eligible for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification examination for Nurse Executive, Advanced, after two years (24 months) of full time employment as a mid-level administrator or higher position or a faculty position teaching graduate students nursing administration or hold a nursing management or executive consultation position.

Student Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Assume advanced nursing roles in education
2. Develop appropriate programs that respond to the educational & health care needs of diverse populations
3. Facilitate the use of evidence-based practice in nursing curricula
4. Use epidemiological, social, and environmental data to draw inferences for the development of nursing education programs
5. Design health promotion and disease prevention educational programs
6. Evaluate nursing education program(s) and policies to assure quality outcomes
7. Demonstrate leadership in nursing education
8. Use ethical decision making in relevant practice roles
9. Collaborate with other disciplines to achieve quality outcomes in nursing education
10. Promote nursing as a profession and a discipline
11. Demonstrates scholarly inquiry through verbal and written communication in educational scholarship
12. Analyzes ethical, legal, and social factors influencing policy (updated January 24, 2017)