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Lessons learned from an accelerated post-master's nurse educator certificate program: teaching the practicum course.
Lisa Sue Flood1, Mary Ellen Powers
1School of Nursing, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, USA. lflood@nmu.edu
Nursing Education Perspectives
|March 16, 2012
Summary
A new post-master's certificate program addresses the critical nurse educator shortage. This innovative, grant-funded, online program prepares expert nurses for teaching roles, helping to alleviate nursing workforce deficits.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Workforce Development
Background:
- Significant nursing shortages exist in practice.
- A concurrent shortage of qualified nurse educators exacerbates this issue, limiting the pipeline for new nurses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe an innovative, grant-funded, post-master's nurse educator certificate program.
- To detail the program's structure, including its online, accelerated, and cohort-based format.
- To highlight the nursing education practicum as a key component for role transition.
Main Methods:
- The article outlines the initial offering of a post-master's nurse educator certificate program.
- The program is grant-funded, cohort-based, and delivered online in an accelerated format.
- A central element is the nursing education practicum, a precepted teaching experience.
Main Results:
- The program facilitates the transition of expert practitioners to novice educators.
- Students integrate practical teaching experiences with didactic knowledge.
- Participants enter a new community of practice as nurse educators.
Conclusions:
- The described program offers a viable model for increasing the supply of nurse educators.
- Lessons learned from the initial cohort inform recommendations for future program iterations.
- Addressing the nurse educator shortage is crucial for mitigating overall nursing workforce shortages.
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