• This program is offered online.

  • Sharing knowledge—general or specialized—with nursing students could be a rewarding and challenging career option for many nursing professionals.

    If you have a master’s degree in nursing, this certificate program offers you the opportunity to complete five courses focused on nursing education. Prepare to pursue teaching positions in schools of nursing and continuing education, staff development, clinical education, and patient and community education programs.* What’s more, the certificate’s curriculum could help you prepare for certification.†   

    The Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate program consists of 45 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a certificate.

    Prepare for Certification

    Earning this graduate certificate could help prepare you to take the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) examination.† 

    What are the Career Opportunities?

    This program is designed to provide you with the specialized knowledge to pursue career advancement in the field of nursing education.*

    Prepare for Future Studies

    Credits earned in fulfillment of this certificate may be applied toward future graduate studies. When the time is right, come back and earn your degree online at Kaplan University.

  • Kaplan University offers multiple start dates, giving you greater flexibility with your education, life, and work schedules.

    Jun 05

    Online Start Date
    Jun 05, 2013

    Jul 03

    Online Start Date
    Jul 03, 2013

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  • Curriculum: All Tracks

    Certificate Requirements

    MN 508: TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES (5 Credits)

    This course examines theories and teaching/learning strategies relating to the development of effective educational experiences. Factors affecting the learning environment are explored in relation to staff development, patient education, and nursing education. Strategies for developing the educator role are included.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551, MN 552, and MN 553; completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 509: CURRICULUM DESIGN (5 Credits)

    This course emphasizes the foundations of curriculum design and the application of these foundations to the development of courses, groups of courses, and programs. Integration of nursing philosophy, conceptual framework, objectives for programs, and competencies/standards is also included. This course provides content and learning experiences that enable students to understand all phases of the curriculum development process.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551, MN 552, and MN 553; completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 510: IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY—ENHANCED LEARNING IN NURSING EDUCATION (5 Credits)

    This course examines the use of selected technologies that are appropriate to the instruction and curriculum process. The course will provide an introduction to the applications of educational technologies including: educational hardware and software, multimedia, interactive media, and, appropriate Internet use in classroom, online, and distance settings. Ethical and legal issues related to technology and teaching will also be discussed.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551, MN 552, and MN 553; completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 511: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (5 Credits)

    This course explores the principles and practices involving evaluation methods integral to nursing education. Concepts related to assessment, measurement, and evaluation in nursing are developed and analyzed. The process of analysis and modification of educational programs is emphasized to promote compliance with relevant standards, criteria for evaluation, and accountability.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551, MN 552, and MN 553; completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 519: NURSE EDUCATOR PRACTICUM (5 Credits)

    This course is the first of two practicum courses. This course will provide the student with a mentored learning experience in the content area and site selected by the student and approved by the Practicum Coordinator. The student will also begin an evidence-based project proposal that is to be completed in MN 600: Evidence-Based Practice Project.

    Prerequisites Required:

    Completion of all core and specialization courses, or permission from the Dean

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 551: ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN (5 Credits)

    This course integrates knowledge of advanced physiology and pathophysiology across the life span and the clinical implications for the advanced practice nurse. Function and dysfunction of organ systems are analyzed from the cellular level through the integrated organ level. Students will examine the pathophysiological factors that influence the incidence and manifestations of acute, episodic, and chronic diseases in populations across the life span. Disease processes and symptom management approaches are investigated utilizing an evidence-based approach.

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 552: ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT (5 Credits)

    This course provides the student with the skills and knowledge to conduct a focused and comprehensive health history, and a functional, physical, and psychosocial assessment. Relationships between assessment findings and underlying physiology and pathophysiology to the healthy and unhealthy client are investigated. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills are used in establishing differential diagnoses. Students will learn to address variables such as age, culture, ethnicity, and developmental stages into their differential diagnosis and evaluation and management plans.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551 and MN 553

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 553: ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN (5 Credits)

    This course integrates advanced knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and genomics across the life span and prepares the advanced practice nurse to prescribe pharmacotherapeutics safely and effectively. Students will apply client history and physical examination findings, together with laboratory and imaging studies, in the evidence-based selection of the correct prescriptive and nonprescriptive medications for therapy. Students will examine ethical, legal, regulatory, and cost-effective prescribing practices of the advanced practice nurse. Communication plans for the interdisciplinary team, clients, and/or families for both prescriptive and nonprescriptive drug therapies will be created.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 551

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

    MN 600: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROJECT (5 Credits)

    Students who have successfully completed the core and specialization courses have a theoretical base in nursing, evidence-based decision making, health policy, finance, and organization of the health care delivery system. Students also have a theoretical base in advanced practice issues, ethics, health promotion and disease prevention, and biostatistics. In this capstone course, students demonstrate their depth of knowledge by working with a mentor to identify a problem in the student’s concentration area amenable to an evidence-based solution showing mastery of the program outcomes. Students integrate diverse content areas and submit an evidence-based practice project proposal that addresses the identified problem.

    Prerequisites Required: All core and specialization courses; the specialization residency requirement may be taken concurrently

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 45
    Total Program Credits: 45

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    The 25% tuition reduction applies only to international students living outside of the United States. This discount does not apply to military students. Please check with your advisor to see if you are eligible. 

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    Notice to Learning Center Students

    Kaplan University Learning Center students will only complete a portion of this program on site. You will need to complete at least 50% of the program requirements online, or through transfer credit awarded via prior learning assessment. If you have any questions about these requirements, please speak with an admissions advisor.

    Scholarships and Grants

    Learn more about grants and Kaplan University Scholarships and that may help reduce the cost of your education.

    Kaplan University tuition reductions (including active-duty, spouse, and veterans military tuition rates; scholarships; grants; vouchers; and alumni and alliance reductions) cannot be combined. 

    Tuition Rates for Military Students and Spouses

    Kaplan University has significantly reduced many of our tuition rates and fees for active-duty servicemembers, their spouses, and veterans. Click here for more information.
     

  •  This program is not eligible for Title IV federal financial aid.

  • * Kaplan University cannot guarantee employment or career advancement.

    † Although certain programs at Kaplan University are designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, the University cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams. In some cases, field experience, additional coursework, and/or background checks may be necessary to take or to successfully pass the exams.

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