| Activities | 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. |
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| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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| Median Income | $52,700per year in 2004 |
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| Work Context & Conditions | Nursing instructors usually have flexible schedules. They must be present for classes, usually 12 to 16 hours per week, and for faculty and committee meetings. |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Master's Degree
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| Skills | Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Listening, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Science |
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| Abilities | Oral Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Written Comprehension, Speech Clarity, Inductive Reasoning, Written Expression, Oral Comprehension |
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