Glossary
Nursing Instructor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential nursing instructor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key nursing instructor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in nursing instructor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ACEN/CCNE
- Nursing accreditation bodies.
- Care plan
- Nursing plan for a patient.
- Clinical judgment
- Decision-making in care.
- Clinical rotation
- Hospital training.
- CNE
- Certified Nurse Educator.
- Competency check-off
- Skills evaluation.
- Medication pass
- Giving medications.
- NCLEX
- Nursing licensure exam.
- Nursing process
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate.
- Pass rate
- Graduates passing NCLEX.
- Post-conference
- Clinical debrief.
- Preceptor
- Clinical mentor.
- Remediation
- Extra help for students.
- Simulation
- Practice with mannequins.
- Skills lab
- Practice room.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Nursing Instructor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Nursing Instructor training.
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