Advanced Studies in Nursing Education: Online Certificate
Teach the Next Generation of Nurses
Apply Nursing Expertise in the Classroom
Impact High-Quality Patient Care
Only Eight Required Courses
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- Duration 16 Months
- Cost per Credit $850
- Credit Hours 25
Program Benefits
- Explore curriculum design, instruction, assessment, and evaluation
- Build a portfolio highlighting advanced understanding of the field
- 90 hours of practicum experience
Gain the Experience to Teach Future Nurses
In the online Nursing Education post-Master’s Certificate program, you’ll develop the knowledge and confidence to create your own classroom environments and lesson plans. Prepare future nurses for success using skills you gain through the program’s detailed curriculum, designed by practitioners with extensive experience in teaching.
Through the online Nurse Educator post-Master’s Certificate, you will be able to adopt approaches in curriculum design, instruction, assessment, and evaluation to enhance both your nursing practices and your teaching methods.
As an enterprising nurse educator, you would carry the important responsibility of training nurses and other health care professionals new to the field. You will be uniquely positioned to set the bar for your students to provide their patients with the highest quality care.
Career Outlook: Teach in New Environments
The online post-master’s nurse educator certificate program will empower you to become a leader in the classroom as you prepare future nurses to enter the field. The majority of nurse educators are employed in university, college, and community college settings, but a sizable number of certificate holders go on to teaching positions in hospitals, practices, and other healthcare settings.
With qualified applicants being turned away from Nursing schools due to lack of faculty, the demand has never been higher for qualified nursing educators. The median wage for post-secondary nursing instructors and teachers is $83,1601.
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Curriculum: Adaptive and Forward-Thinking
Designed by practitioners and educators with extensive experience in both nursing and nursing education, the online post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education’s curriculum will cultivate and enhance your skills as an educator to create an inclusive and engaging classroom environment.
The interactive and dynamic courses of the program cover topics that combine nursing and teaching, meaning you’ll be prepared to adopt new trends in the field to best inform your teaching style. Students will engage with creating a course curriculum of their own in accordance with institutional, department, state, accreditation, and professional standards. Graduates will be prepared to enter an interview with their portfolio that proves an advanced understanding of both the language and concepts of the field.
Explore CoursesProgram Outcomes
You’ll complete this post-graduate Nursing Education Certificate ready to:
- Integrate contemporary nursing knowledge as well as knowledge from other disciplines within the advanced nursing practice specialty within a variety of settings.
- Manage evidence-based person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, and developmentally appropriate within the advanced nursing practice specialties.
- Collaborate with communities, public health, government entities, and others to facilitate health equity from prevention to disease management and influence social justice for the improvement of population health outcomes.
- Synthesize and disseminate nursing science to inform and support transformative health care.
- Develop and lead safety initiatives to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Lead interprofessional collaboration efforts across professions and with care team members, patients, families, and communities, to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
- Lead initiatives to effectively use resources and provide cost-effective, safe, quality, and equitable care across diverse populations within complex systems.
- Analyze and evaluate data to lead decision making and deliver safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
- Model a sustainable professional identity that includes accountability, integrity, perspective, collaborative disposition, respect for others, inclusivity, and ethical comportment that reflect characteristics and values of the advanced nursing practice specialty.
- Use self-reflection to mentor and lead activities that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the development of nursing expertise and leadership qualities.
Admission Requirements
To apply for admission, you must meet the following requirements:
- Completed application
- 3.0 minimum GPA in graduate degree program
- Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program
- Résumé
- Unencumbered RN license in the state in which you reside
- 2,000 hours of work experience as a registered nurse in the United States, verified by an HR department
- Two letters of recommendation from a current nursing colleague or professional licensed as an RN, physician, or nurse practitioner
- Personal Statement (Writing sample)
Note: Approved background check and fingerprints required at the time of clinical courses.
Learn MoreTuition and Financial Aid
This 16- or 25-credit hour certificate costs $850 per credit hour. Utica University is dedicated to making an advanced education accessible and affordable. Speak with an enrollment counselor to learn more.
Learn MoreFaculty
As Professors of Nursing, the faculty of the online post-master’s in nursing education certificate are committed to equipping you with a real-world, practical direction as you learn how to form your own lesson plans and lead your own classroom environments.
With decades of experience in nursing education, research, and practice, the graduate nursing faculty are led by program chair Doreen Rogers, DNS, RN, and program director Janice Ceccucci, DNP, FNP-BC.
Doreen Rogers, DNS, RN, Alumnus CCRN, CNE
Associate Professor and Chair of Nursing
Dr. Doreen Rogers was appointed Assistant Professor of Nursing at Utica University in January 2018. Prior to joining Utica University, Dr. Rogers taught at associate and baccalaureate levels of pre-licensure. She was most recently the coordinator of the online Nursing Education graduate program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, where she was an instructor as well.
Dr. Rogers began her nursing education at St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. She completed her baccalaureate degree at SUNY Utica/Rome, her graduate degree in Nursing Education from Mansfield University, and her Doctor of Nursing Science (Nursing Education/Leadership) from Sage Graduate School.
Over the past 26 years, Dr. Rogers’ professional nursing practice encompasses medical-surgical and critical care. She holds CCRN (2001) and Certified Nurse Educator (2008) certifications and has provided workshops on test construction, item writing, and item analysis. Her research activity encompasses professional collegiality, resilience, rural nursing, nursing retention, and various components of nursing education. In her spare time, Dr. Doreen Rogers enjoys spending time with her husband at their two teens’ athletic competitions, providing assistance with community functions, and coaching varsity girls’ basketball during the winter months.
Cynthia Love-Williams, DNS, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Dr. Cynthia Love-WIlliams is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Utica University. She has worked in nursing education since 1996 in both associate and baccalaureate programs. Dr. Love-Williams’ educational background includes a baccalaureate degree from Mississippi University for Women, a master’s degree from Wright State University, and a doctoral degree from Russell Sage Graduate Schools.
Dr. Love-Williams is the current Director of the Graduate Nursing Program at Utica University and her areas of expertise are in critical care, medical-surgical nursing, and inter-professional education. To stay connected to the health care field and be able to apply real-world experiences to the learning environment, Dr. Love-Williams practices per diem at a local health care facility as the Hospital Supervisor. Her areas of research include inter-professional education, simulation, test taking, and student success.
Frequently Asked Questions
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You can complete the program in approximately 16 months. To see the curriculum, view our courses page.
Tuition for the Nursing Education Certificate is $20,625. You need to complete 25 credits at $825. You can review all tuition costs here.
The first step is to start your application.
This program does not accept transfer credits.
You’ll complete eight courses. You can learn more about coursework for the certificate here.
Each practicum course and experience requires a total of 90 in-person practicum hours, with 8 out of the 90 practicum hours in direct patient care in the clinical environment.
Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (April 12, 2019). Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Retrieved on May 10, 2019, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nurse-anesthetists-nurse-midwives-and-nurse-practitioners.htm