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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and TrainingO*NET 25-1072.00United States

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.

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Median annual earnings
$84,440

50th percentile, United States

Projected change
+9.1%

2025 to 2035

Typical education
Master's or Professional degree

52.1% of the workforce

Employment
1.78M jobs

Growing to 1.94M by 2035

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The work

What nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

  • 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.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Mentor junior and adjunct faculty members.
  • Maintain a clinical practice.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Coordinate training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, or vocational schools.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Participate in campus and community events.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile
$49,147
25th percentile
$62,814
50th percentile
$84,440
75th percentile
$118,952
90th percentile
$175,749

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $84,440 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+9.1%faster than average
20251,782,325 jobs
2035 projected1,944,527 jobs

162,202 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

Master's or Professional degree
52.1%
Doctoral degree or more
42.8%
Bachelor's degree
5.1%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

  • Nursing
  • Nurse Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Clinical Experience
  • Nursing Practices
  • Clinical Nursing
  • Medical Surgical Nursing
  • Clinical Practices
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Educational Assessment
  • Pediatrics
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Student Engagement
  • Nursing Care
  • Health Sciences
  • Mental Health
  • Continuous Improvement Process
  • Pedagogy
  • Academic Advising

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

Instructing
Teaching others how to do something.
Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Learning Strategies
Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Active Learning
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Complex Problem Solving
Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Service Orientation
Actively looking for ways to help people.
Systems Evaluation
Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Systems Analysis
Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Persuasion
Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Management of Personnel Resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Negotiation
Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

  1. 01Nursing Faculties1,865 postings
  2. 02Nursing Adjunct Faculties1,169 postings
  3. 03Nursing Instructors1,031 postings
  4. 04Assistant Professors of Nursing689 postings
  5. 05Clinical Nursing Instructors536 postings
  6. 06Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructors458 postings
  7. 07Practical Nursing Instructors352 postings
  8. 08Adjunct Instructors351 postings
  9. 09Adjunct Nursing Instructors299 postings
  10. 10Adjunct Clinical Faculties276 postings
  11. 11Assistant/Associate Professors of Nursing269 postings
  12. 12Adjunct Faculties197 postings
  13. 13Instructors166 postings
  14. 14Clinical Assistant Professors of Nursing153 postings
  15. 15Clinical Faculties148 postings
  16. 16Vocational Nursing Instructors140 postings
  17. 17Nurse Aide Instructors139 postings
  18. 18Directors of Nursing129 postings
  19. 19Online Adjunct Faculties129 postings
  20. 20Non-Tenure Track Faculties126 postings

Top employers

  1. 01HCA Healthcare384 postings
  2. 02Herzing University383 postings
  3. 03Jersey College228 postings
  4. 04Chamberlain University214 postings
  5. 05Grand Canyon University204 postings
  6. 06Herc199 postings
  7. 07Unitek Learning193 postings
  8. 08Adtalem Global Education166 postings
  9. 09Tennessee Board of Regents158 postings
  10. 10West Coast University132 postings
  11. 11Rasmussen127 postings
  12. 12Concorde Career College-Kansas City102 postings
  13. 13Arizona College of Nursing99 postings
  14. 14Keiser University97 postings
  15. 15South University93 postings
  16. 16State of South Carolina82 postings
  17. 17Central Piedmont Community College81 postings
  18. 18Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences80 postings
  19. 19Rasmussen College76 postings
  20. 20Success Education Colleges68 postings

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