Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies
The Self-Assessment of Core Competencies is due on Wednesday of Week 8 at 11:59 p.m. MT. The guidelines and rubric are listed below as well as in the downloadable document.
 
Self-Assessment Guidelines and Rubric (Links to an external site.)
 
Use the worksheet that you have started in Week 1 to complete your Week 8 self-assessment.
 
Purpose
 
The purpose of this assignment is to complete a self-assessment of the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies and develop a goal to help meet this competency.
 
National League for Nursing (2017). Nurse educator core competency. Retrieved from http://www.nln.org/professional-development-programs/competencies-for-nursing-education/nurse-educator-core-competency
 
Requirements
 
Completed at Weeks 1 and 8, this document is based on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Core Competencies of the Nurse Educator (NLN, 2017). Students should drop their assessments into their e-portfolio by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT.
 
This Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies is a document that you will use throughout the Educator Track Courses.  It is to be placed in your e portfolio.  In each course, starting in NR 535, you will focus on a specific area of the NLN Competencies.
 
Course
 
Competency
 
NR535
 
Competency I
 
NR524
 
Competency IV
 
NR536
 
Competency II
 
NR537
 
Competency III
 
In Week 8, you will identify your level of competency for each of the sub-competencies using the Week One Worksheet.  In the final column you will give a specific example that shows how you demonstrated each course outcome.  The assignment is to be submitted for grading by 11:59 p.m. MT Wednesday of Week 8 (possible points = 50).
 
Remember you are still in the development stage so not all (or any) of the competencies are expected to be at the level 3 by the end of this course.