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25-1072.00 - Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary


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.


Key Facts
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Bright Outlook
1
Career Details
Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
68,600
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Forecasted Employment
81,800
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Change in Employment
+13,200
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Change in Employment %
+19.3%
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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • 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.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Coordinate training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, or vocational schools.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
  • Mentor junior and adjunct faculty members.
  • Maintain a clinical practice.
Supplemental
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Conduct faculty performance evaluations.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Medicine and Dentistry
  • 92%
    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.
 Education and Training
  • 91%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 Psychology
  • 90%
    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.
 English Language
  • 88%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Biology
  • 82%
    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 79%
    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.
 Mathematics
  • 78%
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 Therapy and Counseling
  • 75%
    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
 Sociology and Anthropology
  • 74%
    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 72%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 Clerical
  • 68%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Communications and Media
  • 65%
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 Public Safety and Security
  • 63%
    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.
 Administration and Management
  • 61%
    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.
 Law and Government
  • 60%
    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
 Personnel and Human Resources
  • 58%
    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
 Philosophy and Theology
  • 54%
    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.
 Chemistry
  • 52%
    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.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Aids for medical training
  • Anatomical models
  • Intravenous simulation arms
  • Pelvic exam simulators
 Respiratory monitoring products
  • Apnea monitors
  • Arterial blood gas kits
 Emergency medical services resuscitation products
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation CPR boards
 Clinical cabinetry
  • Automated medicine dispensing machines
 Positive mechanical pressure ventilators and accessories
  • Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
  • Mechanical ventilators
 Acute care monitoring units and related products
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Hemodynamic monitors
  • Intracranial pressure ICP monitors
  • Transport cardiac monitors
 Projectors and supplies
  • Carousel slide projectors
  • Computer projectors
  • Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
  • Multimedia projection equipment
  • Opaque projectors
  • Overhead data projectors
  • Projector screens
 Intravenous and arterial cannulas and catheters and accessories
  • Catheter trays
  • Irrigation trays
  • Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC
 Absorbents
  • Chemotherapy spill kits
 Pleural cavity drain products
  • Chest tube drainage systems
 Cameras
  • Compact digital cameras
  • Digital video cameras
  • Webcams
 Audio and visual equipment
  • Compact disk CD players
  • Digital video disk DVD players
  • Handheld microphones
  • Liquid crystal display LCD televisions
  • MP3 digital voice recorders
  • Television monitors
  • Wireless microphones
 Computer data input devices
  • Computer data input scanners
  • Interactive whiteboard controllers
  • Student response systems
 Computer printers
  • Computer laser printers
  • Poster printers
 Rehabilitation exercise devices and equipment
  • Continuous passive motion CPM machines
 Computers
  • Desktop computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Tablet computers
 Urological supplies
  • Foley catheters
 Patient transport products
  • Geriatric chairs
  • Patient transfer boards
 Patient lifts
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Mechanical patient lifts
 Computer displays
  • Interactive whiteboards
 Open heart perfusion equipment and monitors and accessories and related products
  • Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
  • Venous oxygen saturation SVO2 monitors
  • Ventricular assist devices VAD
 Specimen collection and transport containers and supplies
  • Lancet needles
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Tourniquets
 Duplicating machines
  • Laser facsimile machines
  • Photocopying equipment
 Blood pressure units and related products
  • Manual blood pressure cuffs
  • Noninvasive automatic blood pressure machines
  • Sphygmomanometers
 Stethoscopes and related products
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Stethoscope headsets
 Medical weight scales
  • Medical scales
  • Patient bed scales
 Floor grade instruments
  • Medical scissors
  • Straight hemostats
 Personal communication devices
  • Multi-line telephone systems
 Nasoenteric tubes
  • Nasogastric tubes
 Oxygen therapy delivery systems and devices
  • Oxygen flow meters
  • Oxygen masks
 Restraints and accessories
  • Patient leg restraints
 Injection and aspiration needles and accessories
  • Pericardiocentesis kits
  • Thoracentesis trays
 Sanitary ware
  • Portable whirlpools
 Face and head protection
  • Protective face shields
 Medical gloves and accessories
  • Protective medical gloves
 Heat and cold therapy products
  • Therapeutic cooling blankets
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Adobe Systems Macromedia Shockwave Player
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Google DocsHOT
  • Image scanning software
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • Presentation graphics software
 Educational or reference software
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Common Curriculum
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn
  • Interactive learning software
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Moodle
  • Sakai CLE
 Data management and query software
  • Blackboard software
  • Data entry softwareHOT
  • DOC Cop
  • iParadigms Turnitin
 Information exchange software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft OutlookHOT
 Industry specific software
  • MEDITECH softwareHOT
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
 Specialty
 Advanced
 Core
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
The licensing information below is organized into sections and is useful for pursuing if you are interested in a career in this field.
No specific licensing information is listed for this occupation in the area you have selected.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Related Programs
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Central Virginia Community College
Germanna Community College
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Laurel Ridge Community College
Mountain Empire Community College
New River Community College
Patrick & Henry Community College
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Rappahannock Community College
Southside Virginia Community College