Nursing Practice Educator, Continuing Appointment
About This Position
The Nursing Practice Educator (NPE) plays an integral role in nursing education,
working closely with students to provide clinical instruction, supervision, and evaluation
in diverse practice settings, in addition to delivering and assessing on-campus
laboratory and simulation-based learning experiences.
Responsibilities and opportunities will include:
- Teaching undergraduate nursing students in group clinical placements in a
variety of off-campus (i.e. acute care, long term care) and on-campus (i.e. clinical
nursing labs, simulation scenarios) practice settings. - Providing supervision to undergraduate students who are preceptored in a
variety of clinical settings. - Contributing to curriculum development, innovative teaching and learning
strategies, and program evaluation. - Mentoring students and providing academic advising.
- Employing innovative and evidence-informed teaching strategies.
- Participating in accreditation and quality assurance activities.
- Engaging in interdisciplinary and community-based partnerships, as well as in
the scholarship of teaching and learning. - Participation in departmental, faculty, and university governance.
- Contribution to professional and/or scholarly communities.
- Supporting the overall mission and strategic goals of the School of Nursing.