Nurse instructor, is a registered nurse (RN) who serves as a teacher for other nurses and individuals who wish to become nurses. Their duties include developing lesson plans, giving lectures and evaluating their students both in clinical settings and through examinations and assignments.

A Nurse Educator instills the knowledge that students attending your educational program or employed by your institution or company need to work effectively as nurses. They help prepare future nurses for employment or allow nurses already working in the field to improve their job performance. Some specific job duties of a Nurse Educator include:

• Creating lesson plans that accomplish predefined learning goals
• Teaching classroom-based courses through lectures and discussions
• Demonstrating techniques and best practices for students
• Overseeing clinical practice components of nurse education and training programs
• Grading papers, assignments and exams
• Helping to develop curriculum for nurse training programs in cooperation with other faculty or directors of nursing
• Documenting student attendance, participation and performance
• Staying up-to-date on the latest advances in medicine and changes to best practice standards for patient care