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

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

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

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.
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.
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.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
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.
Economics and Accounting
- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Computers and Electronics
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Mechanical
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biology
- Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
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.
Production and Processing
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Law and Government
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Telecommunications
- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
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.
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.
Transportation
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
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.
Design
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
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.
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.
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.
English Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Fine Arts
- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
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.
History and Archeology
- Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Food Production
- Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

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:

Dependability
Integrity
Attention to Detail
Initiative
Adaptability/Flexibility
Cooperation

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