Online Nursing Education and Faculty Role Post-Master's Certificate

Your nursing career has been shaped by the faculty, instructors and mentors who dedicated their lives to teaching you. This is your opportunity to do the same for the next generation of nurses. Earn your Nursing Education and Faculty Role Post-Master’s Certificate to inspire tomorrow’s nurses and impact the future of nursing in your community and around the world.

 

Program Information

The online nursing education and faculty role certificate helps active nurses pursue specialized expertise by offering courses that work with your schedule.

Degree

Certificate

Duration

1-year

Required Credit Hours

15 (150 clinical hours)

Modality

Online

Admissions

Admission Requirements

To qualify for our online PMC programs, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • Hold an MSN from an accredited college or university
  • Hold a current, unencumbered RN license
  • Complete an undergraduate or graduate-level statistics course with a “C” or higher

The faculty admissions committee may look more closely at nursing and science grades when making admissions decisions.

Admissions Process

  • Resume or curriculum vitae
  • Professional goal statement
  • Official transcript(s)
  • Two electronically submitted references (one academic and one professional in a supervisory role)
    • The supervisor reference letters must come from a direct supervisor who is responsible for your performance evaluation
    • If you have been out of school more than five years, please speak with your Enrollment Advisor for advice

Transfer Credit Policy for Nursing Education & Faculty Role Students

  • A maximum of 9 graduate credits, completed within the past 5 years from a previously earned graduate degree, may be transferred.
  • A grade of “B” or higher is required.
  • The Advanced Standing Request form must be submitted during the admissions process for transfer credits to be considered.

 

Curriculum

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Coursework for Duquesne’s online Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education and Faculty Role is designed to help you succeed as a nurse educator. Courses combine innovative curriculum models with modern educational theory and emerging nursing trends to help you hone your experience and personal teaching philosophy to help support and advance today’s working nurses.
  • GNED 507 Foundations in Education Theory for Professional Practice Disciplines 3 credits
  • GNED 522 Innovative Curriculum Design and Evaluation 3 credits
  • GNED 531 Advanced Clinical Nursing 3 credits
  • GNED 532 Emerging Trends and Innovations in the Teaching of Nursing 3 credits
  • GNED 533 Nursing Faculty Role Practicum 3 credits

 

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Do you have questions about the Nursing Education and Faculty Role PMC program?

Manny Bravo

Enrollment Counselor

School of Nursing

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist use an intradisciplinary approach applying clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base from theory, research, arts, humanities and other sciences.
  2. Distinguish and promote person-centered care that is holistic, compassionate, evidenced-based, and developmentally sound for individuals, families, communities, and populations in their cultural context for optimal healthcare outcomes.
  3. Develop implementation and dissemination strategies to address the social determinates of health including population health, health equity, and health policy through collaboration with community stakeholders.
  4. Identify, differentiate, and analyze evidence-based practice to improve health outcomes while embracing ethical concepts as a life-long learner.
  5. Transform health care delivery through the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives to mitigate risk and promote safety of the patient and health professionals.
  6. Participate in the development of critical elements used in interprofessional, team based healthcare to address needs of a population with the purpose of increasing positive patient outcomes.
  7. Organize and execute safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations while maintaining cost-effective, just, and responsible stewardship of multiple system resources. 
  8. Embrace various technologies and informatics in safe care and communication to patients, interprofessional team members, and other stakeholders to deliver safe care to diverse populations.
  9. Demonstrate a professional approach in nursing through personal accountability to the individual, society, and the profession incorporating relevant laws, policies, and regulation while recognizing diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional nursing identity.
  10. Participate in leadership development activities that foster professional growth and encourage lifelong learning that demonstrate selfcare and reflection by maintaining health and wellness.

Accreditation

The Nursing Education and Faculty Role Post-Master’s Certificate program at Duquesne University School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

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