Curriculum
The CNE Academy will prepare practicing nurses for the NLN CNE®cl exam in addition to participants to modeling the behaviors that facilitate clinical learning and skill acquisition, improve health equity of underserved patients, and foster personal resiliency as a professional nurse. Curricular modules are divided into core and role-specific knowledge and skills for participants. Participants will demonstrate the advanced skills of a clinical nurse educator that are aligned to national standards, such as:
- National League for Nursing (NLN) competencies for the clinical nurse educator
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) new Essentials for professional nursing (Levels 1 & 2)
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (IPEC) standards
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards
- TeamSTEPPS competencies
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) core competencies for the Nurse Practitioner role
- American College of Nurse Midwifery Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice
Example Behavioral Outcomes
By completion of the CNE Academy program, participants will be able to:
- Examine legal and ethical behaviors related to learning in health care environments.
- Evaluate the need for accountability to the role and responsibilities of the clinical nurse educator.
- Facilitate a psychologically safe learning environment using inclusive clinical learning and clinical reasoning skills.
- Effectively socialize students or new nurses into the health care system.
- Model techniques for building nurse resiliency and prevention of burn-out.
- Effectively use interpersonal communication skills and maintenance of collaborative relationships.
- Model the use of CLAS standards and consideration for the social determinants of health, barriers to health equity, and health literacy of patients or populations in rural/medically underserved areas.
- Model sensitivity and respect for the complex needs of patients and populations from rural/medically underserved areas.
- Evaluate students or transitioning nurses with formative and summative assessments of clinical learning and skill acquisition.
Curriculum Outlines will be published upon completion for core and role-specific modules.