The nursing education major is designed to prepare nurses  for a professional  educator role in academic, clinical or staff development settings. It reflects the nurse educator competencies developed by national organizations and is comprehensive in nature. The curriculum integrates core master’s level concepts, advanced clinical foundations (i.e., assessment, pharmacology, pathophysiology), and education-focused courses (principles of teaching, tests/measurements, curriculum development, etc.). The major culminates in an intensive individualized practicum in which each student collaborates with a master educator to implement the role.

The advanced clinical-focused courses included in this major provide students with a strong foundation regarding what they will teach, and the education-focused courses provide an exceptional basis regarding how to teach. As a result, graduates of the Nursing Education MSN specialty are very well prepared to assume faculty or clinical instructor positions in schools of nursing or staff development positions in health care institutions.