Join us July 28-29, 2025 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN for a two-day event for novice nurse educators and experienced faculty to learn and network. This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved for 10.25 contact hours of continuing education by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Conference Takeaways...

• Strategies for making the first year of teaching successful.
• Foundations of program and course design and evaluation.
• Instructional methods that can enhance your course.
• Basic elements of clinical teaching.
• Facilitating learning using simulation.
• Expert guidance on NCLEX item writing.
• Networking with educational experts and peers from across the state.
• And much, much more!

Register Today

Call for Speakers

We are looking for speakers to fill our breakout slots on the NEI agenda. If you are interested in presenting please fill out the form below.

Topics we are looking for include: 

• Course design and evaluation 

• Teaching strategies

• Online teaching/learning

• AI in the classroom/nursing education

• Exam item analysis

• Simulation

• Skills lab

• Competency-based education

• Concept mapping

Call for NEI submissions closes June 30, 2025

Call for Speakers

Sponsorship Opportunities

Invest in the Future of Nursing! Support the Nurse Educator Institute and empower those who shape the next generation of nurses.

Contact Hours

Participants at the 2025 TNA Nurse Educator Institute can earn up to 10.25 nurse continuing education contact hours.

Requirements for Successful Completion for Continuing Education Credit

To obtain a Certificate of Successful Completion for this activity, the learner must complete the

following criteria:

• Attendance at all sessions.
• Participate in all sessions in their entirety.
• Complete electronic evaluation for this educational activity
•  Evaluations must be completed by Monday, August 19, 2024. All attendees will receive their certificate of attendance and verification of CNE's via email by Thursday, August 29. The Tennessee Nurses Association does not maintain individual certificates of completion.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025