This certificate is designed to provide advanced skills for practice as a Nurse Educator and to prepare the student to sit for the NLN Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Exam.
NEW! Students pursuing any Nurse Practitioner MSN from Walsh will now be able to earn a Post-Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate for FREE! The result is expanded career growth opportunities both as a practitioner and/or as an educator! Ask your enrollment manager for details!
Program Objectives

- Utilize nursing and education research to create teaching strategies designed to support nursing education in a dynamic learning environment.
- Exhibit leadership skills as a significant figure in the interdisciplinary health care team for the improvement of nursing education.
- Analyze legal, ethical, and regulatory issues impacting health care delivery systems and education systems for the improvement of nursing education.
- Engage in scholarship activities within the nurse educator role.
Who should consider the Nursing Education Certificate?
- Post-master’s nurses with clinical expertise who are seeking educational training
- Master’s students within any other track of Walsh’s Master’s Nursing program
- Nurses who are DNP or PhD graduates or students who wish to gain expertise as a nurse educator
What makes Walsh's Nursing Education Certificate Program unique?
- Access to excellent faculty with real-world experience
- Opportunity to obtain the certificate within one calendar year
- Interprofessional venues with state of the art teaching modalities including simulation and active learning lab experience
- Opportunity to participate in a global experience through the Byers School of Nursing while enrolled in the certificate program
Morgan Gilbert - Enrollment Manager

Phone: 330-490-7421
Email: mgilbert@walsh.edu
Office: David Center 009