Nursing Education Course Requirements

The Nursing Education Concentration is designed to prepare students to meet established nurse educator competencies. Students acquire knowledge, develop skills, and internalize values needed for success as a nurse eduator in areas such as:

Teaching as a faculty member in a pre-licensure program
Continuing education for clinical staff
Patient education

The firm foundation in teaching/learning principles, curriculum/program development and evaluation, methods to evaluate learning, and implementation of the educator role prepare graduates to assume these responsibilities with competence and confidence. Specific curriculum requirements are listed below:

Core Requirements (all required)
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
NURS 5000	Theoretical Foundations	3
NURS 5001	Health Care Policy	3
NURS 5002	Advanced Nursing Research	3
NURS 5003	Advanced Role Development	3
NURS 5990	Scholarly Synthesis/Research	3
Total hours:		15
Concentration Requirements (all required)
NURS 5201	Theories of Nursing Education	3
NURS 5202	Teaching Strategies & Evaluation Methods	3
NURS 5203	Curriculum Design	3
NURS 5103	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
Concentration Requirements - Total Hours		12
Specialty Electives Clinical Focus (6 hours required) (complete 6 hours from one of the following areas - Adult Health, Critical Care, Pediatrics)
Adult Health
NURS 5501	Advanced Adult Health Nursing I	3
NURS 5503	Advanced Adult Health Nursing II	3
Critical Care
NURS 5522	Critical Care I	3
NURS 5523	Critical Care II	3
Pediatrics
NURS 5631	Pediatric Nursing I	3
NURS 5633	Pediatric Nursing II	3
Clinical Focus Specialty Electives - Total Hours		6
Nursing Education Practicum Requirements
NURS 5207	Clinical Focus Practicum	2
NURS 5209*	Nursing Education Practicum	4
Nursing Education Practicum - Total Hours		6
Total Nursing Education Concentration Program Hours		39
Total Practice Contact Hours: 360 Clinical Focus Practicum: 120 Nursing Education Practicum: 240 NURS 5209 is offered during the Fall and Spring semesters only. NOTE:* The 5000 level numbering of courses for Austin Peay, East Tennessee State and Tennessee State are cross listed with the 6000 and 7000 level course numbers to represent Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and the University of Memphis respectively.

Link to Guidelines for Clinical Preceptorships

Special Instructions Regarding Clinical Preceptorships for Nursing Education Students

Nursing Education students may not use their place of employment as a clinical site for either NURS 5207 or NURS 5209. A preceptor for the NURS 5207 course must be at least a Master's-prepared clinician working in an acute care setting. The preceptor for the NURS 5209 course must be, at a minimum, a Master's-prepared educator working either in higher education, a technology school or staff development/education setting. All sites and preceptors must be approved by the Nursing Education Concentration Coordinator and faculty.