This master’s program focuses on the preparation of nurse educators.  It is the newest of the master’s level programs offered by the 3-university consortium, having admitted its first students in the fall of 2001.  This concentration is designed to prepare graduates to teach in diploma and associate degree programs as well as to fill clinical education and staff development position in hospitals and other health care institutions.  Built on a strong foundation of science, health policy, health promotion and advanced health assessment, students in this program share many of the foundational courses with students in the nurse practitioner concentration.

Students in the nursing education track are required to complete an internship that is a mentored teaching experience.  They are encouraged to seek this experience in the type of organization in which they expect to be teaching.