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 both teaching and research.

• 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.
• 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.
• Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• 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.