Advanced Certificates in Nursing Education

Become an effective nurse educator and help prepare the next generation of nurses.

We offer two advanced certificate options (post-master's certificate programs) for experienced nurses who already have a master's degree and seek further education and professional development in nursing education.

Both advanced certificate programs prepare nurses to work as nursing educators or nursing faculty in a wide variety of settings, as:

Nursing Education faculty and leaders: As faculty members or leaders in a college or university, both in the classroom and on clinical units with nursing students.
Hospital or health system educators and leaders: As a staff development educator or leader, as a provider of clinical or service-based education and/or continuing education provider for nursing and healthcare
professionals.

This advanced coursework will build upon your previous degree to prepare you as an evidence-based and student-centered nurse educator.

Advanced Certificate with Education Focus (PMC-E)

This Nursing Education Advanced Certificate has a focus on the teaching, learning, and education of nursing students, as well as new graduates, nurses, and healthcare personnel.

This certificate program is designed for APRNs—including NP, CNS, CNM, CRNA, or CNL graduates—who want additional coursework in education, teaching, and learning in order to function effectively as a clinical or academic faculty, preceptor, or staff or patient educator.

This 18-credit, five-course sequence can be completed in four semesters. Graduates of this certificate program are eligible to sit for the NLN's CNEcl certification exam.

See PMC-E course plan

Advanced Certificate with Clinical Focus (PMC-C)

This Nursing Education Advanced Certificate has a focus on the clinical aspect of master's nursing practice and features three clinical courses to augment previous coursework.

This certificate program is designed for nurses holding a baccalaureate degree in nursing and a master's degree in education (MEd) who want the required clinical content to function effectively as clinical or academic faculty and teach clinical courses in a college or clinical setting.

This 10-credit, three-course sequence can be completed in three semesters. Graduates of this certificate program are eligible to sit for NLN's CNEcl certification exam.

See PMC-C course plan

Related programs

Explore other advanced certificate pathways, or learn more about earning your master's in nursing education from the School of Nursing.

The Post-Master's in Nursing Education gave me what I needed to succeed as a new nursing instructor. I'm fulfilling the dream I didn't know I had. I'm helping the next generation of nurses become somebody I want to work next to.