title: Core competencies of nurse educators: inspiring excellence in nurse educator practice.
abstract: The National League for Nursing Core Competencies of Nurse Educators with Task Statements provide a comprehensive framework for preparing new nurse educators, implementing the nurse educator role, evaluating nurse educator practice, and advancing faculty scholarship and lifelong professional development. This article describes how one nursing department uses the core competencies with current faculty and in a graduate program that prepares nurse educators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. kakalb@stkate.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kalb
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D008910:Minnesota; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000592:standards; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012647:Self-Assessment