Advanced Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education
How will the Advanced Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education help you achieve your professional goals?
Is your goal to teach and share your expertise with patients/families or the next generation of nurses? As a nurse educator you can teach patients, families, student nurses, staff nurses and other healthcare providers. A SHU Advanced Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education will prepare you for the role of a nurse educator. This will allow you to teach and share your expertise with patients/families or the next generation of nurses.
Why earn your advanced graduate certificate at SHU?
As the health care workforce continues to grow, the demand for qualified instructors to teach and develop the next generation of nurses will increase. The Sacred Heart University Davis & Henley College of Nursing Advanced Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education will compliment your clinical expertise with the latest theories and strategies in teaching and learning. Following this certification, you can explore career opportunities as a clinical instructor in nursing schools or as a staff development educator in a hospital or other health care organizations. Our program curriculum covers the basic understanding of the issues surrounding nursing education to the latest advances in curriculum design and evaluation.
What are the program requirements?
- All course work can be completed online which provides greater flexibility and less disruption to your personal and employment obligations.
- Courses are 8 weeks in length and are offered on an ongoing basis.
- 180 practicum hours with 60 hours in each of NU 619, NU 690, and NU 691 is required.
What is the admission criteria?
- Master’s degree in Nursing with a GPA of 3.0 or greater
- All official transcripts
- Licensed as a registered nurse
- Compliance/background Check
- One professional reference
- Current malpractice insurance
- Application processing fee of $25
- Online Application
Requirements
The certificate is awarded upon completion of 15 credit hours and 180 practicum hours.
This course covers research-based educational theory and evidence-based teaching/learning strategies. The theories will be examined for their application in a variety of settings, level of education, and for the adult learner. This course will introduce the impact of diversity and emphasis is placed on who the learner is and how he/she learns. External issues and trends impacting nursing education in a variety of teaching settings (face-to-face, virtual, and clinical) will be explored including ethical/legal considerations in course curriculum design and implementation.This course is an education elective 3-credit course for the PM DNP Hybrid Program student. Prerequisite: NU 602
Prerequisite: Take NU-602
This course prepares the student to design and implement curriculum based on evidence-based teaching/learning theory. Focus is on the process of curriculum development for an individual course including course objectives, content, learning activities, delivery of the content, and student evaluation. The role of the faculty in program evaluation of the curriculum is explored. This course is an education elective 3-credit course for the PM DNP Hybrid Program student. Prerequisite: Take NU 602
Prerequisite: TAKE NU-602
The course is to prepare the graduate level nurse in the nurse educator's role of patient and staff education utilizing theory and research-based knowledge in the design, coordination, and evaluation of the delivery of patient care as well as patient and staff education. Communication skills and strategies necessary to interact and collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary health care team and the patient will be explored. The course will provide the student with the ability to develop an in-depth knowledge in a clinical specialty and to develop a simulation design that can be effectively utilized in an educational setting. Under the supervision of a preceptor, the student will apply graduate-level health assessment, pathophysiology, and pharmacology as well as principles of cultural diversity in a selected healthcare population utilizing nursing and theoretical frameworks to improve patient outcomes. This course is an education elective 3-credit course for the PM DNP Hybrid Program student. A practicum experience involving direct patient care is a required part of this course. Prerequisite: Take NU 553, NU 554, NU 605, NU 575, NU 588, and NU 589
Prerequisite: Take NU-553 NU-554 NU-605 NU-575 NU-588 NU-589
This is the first course in the nursing sequence for the role immersion experience in nursing education. Students apply and analyze the theories, competencies, and concepts of the previous courses in a designated role practicum experience using a preceptor. Through this experience, the student will develop an evidence-based improvement teaching project. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing are integrated within each topical area. A practicum experience, that may involve direct patient care, is a required part of this course. This course is an education elective 3-credit course for the PM DNP Hybrid Program student. Prerequisite: NU 619
Prerequisite: Take NU-588 NU-589 NU 619 NU-605 and NU-575 or NU-475
This is the final course in the nursing sequence for the role immersion experience in nursing education. Students apply and analyze the theories, competencies, and concepts of the previous courses in a designated role practicum experience using a preceptor. Through this experience the student will develop an evidence-based improvement teaching project. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing are integrated within each topical area. A practicum experience, that may involve direct patient care, is a required part of this course. Prerequisite: NU 690
Prerequisite: TAKE NU-690
For more information or to apply, contact:
Elizabeth Potenza
203-416-3937
potenzae@sacredheart.edu