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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

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Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Related: Clinical Nurse Specialists Health Education Specialists Health Informatics Specialists Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Registered Nurses

Industries: Education

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Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
Coordinate training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, or vocational schools.
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Conduct faculty performance evaluations.
Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
Act as advisers to student organizations.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Maintain a clinical practice.
Conduct faculty performance evaluations.
Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
Mentor junior and adjunct faculty members.
Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
Participate in campus and community events.

Instructing
- Teaching people how to do something.
Learning Strategies
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Complex Problem Solving
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Systems Evaluation
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
Programming
- Writing computer programs.
Judgment and Decision Making
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Mathematics
- Using math to solve problems.
Writing
- Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Management of Personnel Resources
- Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Time Management
- Managing your time and the time of other people.
Installation
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
Equipment Maintenance
- Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
Operations Analysis
- Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
Persuasion
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Active Listening
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Monitoring
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
Social Perceptiveness
- Understanding people's reactions.
Coordination
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Reading Comprehension
- Reading work-related information.
Management of Material Resources
- Managing equipment and materials.
Management of Financial Resources
- Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
Operation and Control
- Using equipment or systems.
Troubleshooting
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
Active Learning
- Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Service Orientation
- Looking for ways to help people.
Technology Design
- Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
Quality Control Analysis
- Testing how well a product or service works.
Systems Analysis
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Critical Thinking
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Speaking
- Talking to others.
Science
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
Negotiation
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
Equipment Selection
- Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
Repairing
- Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

Fluency of Ideas
- Coming up with lots of ideas.
Number Facility
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
Speech Clarity
- Speaking clearly.
Wrist-Finger Speed
- Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
Auditory Attention
- Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
Written Comprehension
- Reading and understanding what is written.
Hearing Sensitivity
- Telling the difference between sounds.
Speed of Limb Movement
- Quickly moving your arms and legs.
Visual Color Discrimination
- Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
Sound Localization
- Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
Spatial Orientation
- Knowing where things are around you.
Time Sharing
- Doing two or more things at the same time.
Near Vision
- Seeing details up close.
Visualization
- Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
Response Orientation
- Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
Information Ordering
- Ordering or arranging things.
Category Flexibility
- Grouping things in different ways.
Problem Sensitivity
- Noticing when problems happen.
Static Strength
- Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
Explosive Strength
- Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
Glare Sensitivity
- Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
Dynamic Strength
- Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
Trunk Strength
- Using your lower back and stomach.
Depth Perception
- Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
Gross Body Coordination
- Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
Extent Flexibility
- Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Keeping your arm or hand steady.
Manual Dexterity
- Holding or moving items with your hands.
Finger Dexterity
- Putting together small parts with your fingers.
Stamina
- Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
Flexibility of Closure
- Seeing hidden patterns.
Selective Attention
- Paying attention to something without being distracted.
Night Vision
- Seeing at night or under low light.
Oral Expression
- Communicating by speaking.
Written Expression
- Communicating by writing.
Deductive Reasoning
- Using rules to solve problems.
Peripheral Vision
- Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
Rate Control
- Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
Oral Comprehension
- Listening and understanding what people say.
Mathematical Reasoning
- Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
Originality
- Creating new and original ideas.
Inductive Reasoning
- Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
Memorization
- Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
Dynamic Flexibility
- Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Speech Recognition
- Recognizing spoken words.
Speed of Closure
- Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
Gross Body Equilibrium
- Keeping your balance or staying upright.
Far Vision
- Seeing details that are far away.
Perceptual Speed
- Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Control Precision
- Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
Multilimb Coordination
- Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
Reaction Time
- Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

Sales and Marketing
- Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Physics
- Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
English Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Administrative
- Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Design
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Biology
- Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Building and Construction
- Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Economics and Accounting
- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Food Production
- Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Law and Government
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Transportation
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Medicine and Dentistry
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Therapy and Counseling
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Foreign Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
Communications and Media
- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Production and Processing
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Telecommunications
- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Mathematics
- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Public Safety and Security
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Chemistry
- Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Mechanical
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Engineering and Technology
- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Customer and Personal Service
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Psychology
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Computers and Electronics
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Education and Training
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Fine Arts
- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
History and Archeology
- Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Philosophy and Theology
- Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
Personnel and Human Resources
- Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Geography
- Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Administration and Management
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Education

Doctoral or professional degree

Work Experience

Less than 5 years work experience

Training

No on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

Washington Annual Salary

78000/yr

Currently Employed

1,960

Yearly Projected Openings

230

Social: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking. They do well at jobs that need:

Optimism
Sincerity
Leadership Orientation
Empathy
Stress Tolerance
Self-Control

Anatomical human mannequins for medical education or training
Angioplasty balloon catheters
Apnea monitors
Arterial blood gas monitors
Bedpans
Blanket frames or lifters
Blood pressure cuff kits
Blood pressure recording units
Blood transfusion administration kits
Canes
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Chest tubes
Clinical trapeze bars
Compact disk players or recorders
Computerized medication dispensing cabinets
Continuous passive motion CPM devices
Crutches
Desktop computers
Dial calibrated intravenous flowmeters or regulators
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Digital cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders
Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
Emergency or resuscitation carts
Endoscopic hemostatic balloons or needles or tubes or accessories
Enteral feeding infusion pumps
Epidiascopes
Extremity restraints
Facial shields
Flow sensors or regulators or components
Geriatric chairs
Glucose monitors or meters
Goggles
Handheld thermometer
Hydrometers
Infusion pump kits
Inkjet printers
Intraaortic balloon pumps
Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units
Intravenous or arterial catheter trays
Intravenous or arterial fluid warmers
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
Lancets
Laser fax machine
Laser printers
Liquid crystal display projector
MP3 players or recorders
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
Medical exam or procedure tables for general use
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Medical staff isolation or cover gowns
Medical tape measures
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph monitors
Mercury blood pressure units
Microphone stand
Microphones
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Mobile medical services cardio pulmonary resuscitation CPR boards
Multimedia projectors
Multiparameter vital sign units
Nasogastric tubes
Nebulizers
Non invasive bi level machines
Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines
Notebook computers
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Orthopedic traction hardware or weights
Ostomy appliances
Overhead projectors
Patient bed or table scales for general use
Patient chairs
Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps
Patient floor scales
Patient lifts
Patient shifting boards
Perfusion oxygen or hematocrit saturation monitors
Pericardiocentesis needles or kits
Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC
Peritoneal dialysis administration sets
Photocopiers
Pill crushers or splitters for the physically challenged
Portable data input terminals
Projection screens or displays
Resuscitation masks
Scanners
Scientific calculator
Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged
Sitz baths for the physically challenged
Skin staple removers or kits
Slide projectors
Special purpose telephones
Specimen collection container
Spill kits
Spirometers
Stethoscope headsets
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
Surgical drain or set accessories
Surgical scissors
Suture removal kits or trays or packs or sets
Tablet computers
Teleconference equipment
Televisions
Therapeutic heating or cooling blankets or drapes
Thoracentesis sets or trays
Touch screen monitors
Tourniquets
Tracheotomy surgical instrument sets
Urethral urinary catheters
Urinalysis analyzer accessories or supplies
Vascular or compression apparel or support
Ventricular assist devices
Videoconferencing systems
Walkers or rollators
Web cameras
Whirlpool tub