What you need to know to be a clinical nurse educator
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What you need to know to be a clinical nurse educator

Vanda Carter Programme manager, School of health, education, policing and sciences, Staffordshire University, and deputy chair, Clinical Nurse Educator Network (CNEN)
Kathryn Tolfree Head of education academy, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, and chair, CNEN
Finn Tysoe Divisional lead, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and steering committee member, CNEN

How the role blends clinical practice with academic expertise to develop the nursing workforce

Clinical nurse educator (CNE) is an exciting and emerging role, with a diverse and rewarding career pathway that reflects the complexity of health and social care. A CNE is a specialist, enhanced or advanced practitioner responsible for preserving and sharing the skills and expertise necessary for the healthcare workforce to develop and deliver excellence across a wide variety of settings.

Nursing Standard. 39, 11, 23-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.11.23.s11

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