Advanced Studies in Nursing Education: Online Certificate

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.

Program Outcomes

You’ll complete this post-graduate Nursing Education Certificate ready to:

• Integrate the arts and sciences, including leadership and ethical principles, with nursing science as a foundation for decision-making within diverse situations, settings, and communities resulting in safe patient care, quality outcomes, and health promotion.
• Use critical reflection, innovation, and interprofessional collaboration to promote lifelong learning and continual improvement, integrate current evidence and inform policy.
• Incorporate current technologies to augment professional practice and scholarship.
• Implement evidence-based teaching and learning strategies in diverse settings that facilitate the achievement of identified outcomes and enhance professional socialization and development of learners.
• Conduct learner-centered curriculum design and revision based on relevant organizational frameworks, alignment with parent institution, accreditation and professional standards, and program outcomes.
• Synthesize program, course, and student learning effectiveness based on quantitative and qualitative assessment and evaluation data obtained per the systematic plan of evaluation.

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
• Two letters of recommendation from professional colleagues at the BSN level or higher
• Unencumbered RN license in the state in which you reside
• 2,000 hours of work experience
• Personal Statement (Writing sample)

Note: Approved background check and fingerprints required at the time of clinical courses.

Doreen Rogers, DNS, RN, Alumnus CCRN, CNE

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Director of Nursing Graduate Programs

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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