How do I become a nurse educator
Get qualified to work as a nurse educator with a course recognised across Australia. Speak to a training provider to learn more.
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The average salary for Nurse Educators in Australia is $1,565 per week ($81,380 per annum). Increase your earning capacity by obtaining post-graduate nursing qualifications and levelling-up your skills in public speaking, interpersonal communication, and workplace training.
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There are 4,300 Nurse Educators currently working in Australia. They are employed by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), colleges and universities as well as hospitals and primary health care practices.
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To become a Nurse Educator you must complete a Bachelor of Nursing, then apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Once you’re a Registered Nurse (RN) you’ll need at least 5 years of professional nursing experience and a Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Clinical Education) or Master of Nurse Education. If you intend working for a registered Training Organisation (RTO) the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment will also be helpful.
Source: Australian Government Labour Market Insights 2023
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Further reading
What can you do with a Diploma of Nursing?
2nd February 2021
Career Pathways for Graduates After Studying a Diploma of Nursing and a Bachelor of Nursing
4th October 2024All nurse educator courses
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- Clinical Facilitation: Essential Skills and Principles
- Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)
- Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing
- Graduate Certificate in Health (Intensive Care Nursing)
- Graduate Diploma of Health (Advanced Nursing)
- Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education
- Graduate Diploma of Nursing
Nurse Educator careers
Nurse Educators are qualified Registered Nurses (RNs) who mentor and train student nurses as well as working nurses who are undergoing professional development training. They deliver training on-the-job in hospitals, medical centres and nursing clinics as well as in formal education settings like universities and colleges.
As a Nurse Educator you could be preparing a lesson plan and determining a suitable assessment process, demonstrating how to clean a wound and change a dressing to a group of trainees, observing a student nurse as they record the core vital signs of a patient, marking a written assignment and providing feedback, or updating student records in the training database.
