Education Requirements
All nurse specialty areas require an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and successfully pass the state’s NCLEX-RN exam. Nurses with ADN degrees will need to obtain their BSN first or attend either a BSN to MSN or BSN to doctoral degree program.
Before attending a clinical education program, nurses typically have three to five years of experience working as an RN in the specialty area that they intend to teach.