Nurse Educator?

I have been offered a position as a nurse educator at a Long term care nursing home. I have never been one, but I think it will help my career in the long run. Does anyone know what exactly a nurse educator does? Is it stressful?

If working in a nursing home, you will find yourself at the very least giving inservices to the nursing assistants. Federal laws require nursing homes to provide a minimum of 12 hours per year of these inservices.

Since this will not take all your time, you will also find yourself developing and giving inservices for the regular nurses too. You may also find yourself involved in some type of skills competencies for the staff.

In addition, you will most likely find additional duties to keep you occupied. Education by itself will not occupy all your hours, so be prepared to help in additional ways.

the title itself is pretty self explanatory...however in a long term facility, if you've never worked in one, the rules & regs are much different from that of the hospital setting. the only other difference is jobs like these tend to be salaried...this means you work more hours and get paid less....so set your boundaries and get everything in writing.....congrats on your new position

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