Nursing Professor

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Clinical Nursing Instructor; Faculty Member; Instructor; Lecturer; Nurse Educator; Nursing Instructor; Nursing Professor; Professor

Tasks

• 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.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Mentor junior and adjunct faculty members.

Knowledge

• Medicine and Dentistry
• Psychology
• Education and Training
• English Language
• Biology
• Customer and Personal Service
• Mathematics
• Therapy and Counseling
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Computers and Electronics
• Administrative
• Public Safety and Security
• Communications and Media
• Administration and Management

Skills

• Speaking
• Learning Strategies
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Information Ordering
• Fluency of Ideas
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention
• Originality
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Flexibility of Closure