Occupations/25-1072.00
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
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.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
33%
More resilient
Human characteristics
74%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
58%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
- Mostly human
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
- Mostly human
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
- 02Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
- 03Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- 04Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
- 05Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- 06Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.37
- Degree of automation2.08
- Time sitting3.15
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations3.44
- Hands-on objects/tools2.95
- Outdoors / weather1.23
- Disease exposure3.48
- Decision freedom4.15
Top abilities
- Written Comprehension4.12
- Oral Expression4.12
- Oral Comprehension4.12
- Written Expression4.00
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Inductive Reasoning3.88
- Deductive Reasoning3.88
- Speech Recognition3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing4.00
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.88
- Science2.88
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.88
- Learning Strategies4.12
- Monitoring3.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 75 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $8,200 | 77% | 71% | 1 yr $164,586 2 yr — Master's · CIP 51.38 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $161,637 2 yr $163,225 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $10,700 | 70% | 76% | 1 yr $148,031 2 yr $159,761 Doctoral · CIP 51.38 |
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $6,500 | 25% | 84% | 1 yr $136,657 2 yr — Master's · CIP 51.38 |
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $122,273 2 yr $114,807 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Nursing Education 51.3203 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $118,465 2 yr — Master's · CIP 51.32 |
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $10,900 | 96% | 68% | 1 yr $108,852 2 yr $107,376 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $18,600 | 100% | 64% | 1 yr $107,376 2 yr $105,392 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $104,337 2 yr $100,876 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $103,078 2 yr — Professional · CIP 51.38 |
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $15,200 | 24% | 87% | 1 yr $102,451 2 yr $99,040 Master's · CIP 51.38 |
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND · Public | Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801 | $10,800 | 83% | 66% | 1 yr $100,127 2 yr $101,072 Doctoral · CIP 51.38 |