Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate

Description and Outcomes

The Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate prepares nurses to address health care problems in a variety of settings. You will learn to effectively teach patients and their families, provide staff development programs, and evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs through application of advanced nursing knowledge, learning theories, and evidence-based curricular development and instructional design strategies.

Note: the Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate program is not available in all states. Refer to Program Availability Information for details.

This program is available in ExcelTrack. Speak with your University representative for any limitations. For more information on ExcelTrack, see Learning Paths in the Approach to Learning section of the Catalog.

Program Length

The Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate program consists of a minimum of 20 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a certificate.

Program Outcomes

  1. Clinical Expertise: Integrate advanced nursing practice knowledge with educational content, design, and delivery.
  2. Instructional Method Design: Design educational programs that facilitate learning for patients, health care professionals, or nursing students.
  3. Evaluation Strategies: Evaluate effectiveness of teaching and learning methodologies for patients, health care professionals, and nursing students.
  4. Clinical Expertise: Apply advanced nursing practice knowledge to impact health care outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems.

Program Availability

For program availability, please refer to the U.S. State and Other Approvals section and Program Availability Information.

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Admissions Requirements

You must meet the below admissions requirements in addition to Purdue Global's general requirements.

If applying for admission, you must submit the following:

  1. A transcript indicating receipt of a bachelor's degree with a major in nursing and a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher from an accredited institution. Refer to the Admissions Requirements for more information on prior degree submission.
  2. An approved criminal background check.

Certification, State Board, and National Board Exams

Certification and licensure boards have state-specific educational requirements for programs that lead to a license or certification that is a precondition for employment. Prospective and current students must review Purdue Global’s State Licensure and Certifications site to view program and state-specific licensure information.

Licensure-track programs may limit enrollment to students in certain states; please see Purdue Global’s Program Availability Information to determine enrollment eligibility.

You are responsible for understanding the requirements of optional certification exams. Such requirements may change during the course of your program. You are not automatically certified in any way upon program completion. Although certain programs are designed to prepare you to take various optional certification exams, Purdue Global cannot guarantee you will be eligible to take these exams or become certified. Your eligibility may depend on your work experience, completion of education and/or degree requirements, not having a criminal record, and meeting other certification requirements.