ED Technician Educator: An Innovative Extension of the Nurse Educator Role

The ED technician educator job description required EMT certification, paramedic preferred, and included a list of desired characteristics such as hospital experience, previous education participation/involvement, and a college degree. Once a candidate was selected, implementation of this new role f...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of emergency nursing 2015-05, Vol.41 (3), p.238-239
Main Authors: Schimpf, Brandi D., Scott, Robin A., Oman, Kathleen S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Certification
Departments
Education
Emergency medical care
Emergency Nursing - education
Emergency services
Faculty, Nursing
Humans
Job descriptions
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Responsibilities
Workforce planning
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The ED technician educator job description required EMT certification, paramedic preferred, and included a list of desired characteristics such as hospital experience, previous education participation/involvement, and a college degree. Once a candidate was selected, implementation of this new role followed. Because this was a new position, no formal technician educator orientation existed; orientation consisted of daily experiences and interactions.
ISSN:0099-1767
1527-2966
DOI:10.1016/j.jen.2015.01.024