Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
What it pays
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary earn a median of $38.43/hr — about $80,000 a year. (Annual figure is approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary earn a median of $38.43/hr — about $80,000 a year. (Annual figure is approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Doctoral degree. Overall preparation: extensive preparation (Job Zone 5 of 5).
The feel of the work
The work is mostly indoors; you're around people constantly; precision matters — small details carry weight. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 0.4% of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are people-focused, analytical and organized and detail-focused.
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Quick questions
- How much does a nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary make?
- The median pay is $38.43 per hour — roughly $80,000 a year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary?
- The typical entry-level education is: Doctoral degree. Overall preparation level: extensive preparation (Job Zone 5 of 5).
- What does a nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary actually do all day?
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers. Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
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Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.