All MSN-NE students will complete and log a minimum of 168 practice experience hours within the practicum courses. An additional 18 hours are accrued in NSG 510 for a total of 186 practice experience hours in the curriculum. There is flexibility in the students’ schedules; this allows the preceptor to identify preferred days/time they are available.
Practice hours are designed to demonstrate synthesis of expanded knowledge acquired within the MSN Nurse Educator curriculum. Practical learning experiences are structured across a series of two practicum courses that include course strategies for meeting overall program outcomes. The series of courses provide the student the opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based educational project and disseminate findings to the academic community. The project reflects and demonstrates synthesis of the student’s knowledge from all courses and unique practice experiences in the student’s specified area
- 32 Direct Care Core Hours: Time spent in the under the direct observation of the preceptor (including time spent at the approved practicum site), observing and participating in nurse educator role functions.
- 136 Functional Care Core Hours: Time spent working towards the development of nurse educator role competencies (i.e. NLN/WHO nurse educator core competencies)
- 18 Additional Practice Hours: Time spent on experiential learning assessments in NSG 510