Nurse Educator

Nurse Educators are qualified Registered Nurses (RNs) who mentor and train student nurses as well as working nurses who are undergoing professional development training. They deliver training on-the-job in hospitals, medical centres and nursing clinics as well as in formal education settings like universities and colleges.

As a Nurse Educator you could be preparing a lesson plan and determining a suitable assessment process, demonstrating how to clean a wound and change a dressing to a group of trainees, observing a student nurse as they record the core vital signs of a patient, marking a written assignment and providing feedback, or updating student records in the training database.

Future demand High
Average yearly income $81,380
Skill level Advanced

How do I become a nurse educator?

All skill levels Beginner Experienced

Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education

Online
12 - 24 months
$0 - $28,152
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.

Master of Nursing (Research)

Blended, On Campus
24 months
Unavailable
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing

Distance, On Campus, Online
6 - 12 months
$0 - $13,878
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.

Graduate Diploma of Nursing

Online
12 - 24 months
$0 - $26,640
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.

Master of Health Professional Education

Online
3 years
$0 - $42,228
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
Clinical Educator Nurse Educator

Master of Advanced Nursing

Online
2 years
$0 - $39,900
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.

Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)

Blended, On Campus
3 years
Unavailable
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
  • There are no mandated entry requirements.
Additional requirements may apply.
Nurse Educator Research Nurse
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Further reading

A Complete Guide to Becoming a Clinical Facilitator

21st October 2024)

What can you do with a Diploma of Nursing?

2nd February 2021)

Career Pathways for Graduates After Studying a Diploma of Nursing and a Bachelor of Nursing

4th October 2024)