Faculty Knowledge & Skills Development: A Review for Nurse Educators - Online Course

This learner-paced online course program, Faculty Knowledge/Skills Development: A Review for Nurse Educators is made up of six courses, designed like chapters in an online study-guide booklet. The chapters are mapped to all major content areas within the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) test blueprint. Each course is engaging, featuring interactive practice scenarios, knowledge checks, and downloadable resources. Over 200 combined knowledge checks and test questions are weaved throughout the six courses. The learner has the option to complete the program in its entirety or complete only courses aligned to content areas they wish to study.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Select teaching and learning activities based on adult learning preferences and related educational theories.
• Describe common assessment and evaluation strategies and methods appropriate for nursing education.
• Develop or revise curriculum, including course development, and plan for program assessment to promote continuous quality improvement.
• Explain the role of the nurse educator in scholarship, service, leadership, and self-improvement.

Each course listed below is available to purchase individually.

• Facilitate Learning
• Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
• Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
• Participate in Curriculum Development Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes
• Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement and Scholarship in the Nurse Educator Role
• Engage in Leadership and Service

Program completion certificate will be awarded after the successful completion of all courses listed above. If courses purchased separately, you must contact the Education Team to obtain your certificate.

About the Authors

Kimberly Dunker, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, CNEcl, Kimberly has been a nurse for over 18 years and has worked in a variety of Critical Care Nursing specializing in Adult, Surgical, Medical, Oncology, Thoracic, neurology and Cardiac Surgeries. Early in her journey she found her love for teaching as a clinical adjunct faculty where she worked in several nursing schools teaching medical surgical clinical rotations in both the AS and BS nursing programs.

Kimberly’s doctoral research focused on Thesis “Empowerment of Nursing Faculty” and her capstone project implementation program was focused on transition and orientation programs for clinical nursing faculty. This project continues to be the highlight of Kimberly’s continued scholarship which includes working on the MASS Action Coalition on the Faculty team. The focus is to provide resources to faculty and understand the nursing faculty shortage. Kimberly’s passion is to help new clinical faculty and preceptors gain the knowledge and competency to bridge into academia from practice. Kimberly has provided many continuing education workshops for RN’s who want to learn the faculty role and help them by giving them tools to be successful in their transition.

Following graduation Kimberly has continued to work in academia with pre-licensure nursing students teaching adult medical surgical nursing concepts in the classroom and clinical instruction as well as RN-BS students teaching Nursing Research, Nursing Leadership and Informatics.