• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
• Current unrestricted North Carolina License to function as a registered nurse
• Two years full-time direct patient care as a registered nurse

• Attain/maintain teaching requirements per the NCBON, which reads: (g) Nurses licensed pursuant to this Chapter who are full-time and part-time faculty and who teach in a program leading to initial licensure as a nurse shall: 

(1) hold either a baccalaureate in nursing or a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited institution;

(2) have two calendar years or the equivalent of full-time clinical experience as a registered nurse;

(3) if newly employed in a full-time faculty position on or after January 1, 2016, hold a graduate degree from an accredited institution or obtain a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited institution within five years of initial full-time employment;

(4) prior to or within the first three years of employment, have education in teaching and learning principles for adult education, including curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation, appropriate to faculty assignment.  Once completed, this preparation need not be repeated if employing organization is changed.  This preparation may be demonstrated by one of the following:

(A) completion of 45 contact hours of Board-approved continuing education courses;

(B) completion of a certificate program in nursing education;

(C) nine semester hours of graduate course work in adult learning and learning principles;

(D) national certification in nursing education; or

(E) documentation of successful completion of structured, individualized development activities of at least 45 contact hours approved by the Board.

Criteria for approval shall include content in the faculty role in the curriculum implementation, curricular objectives to be met and evaluated, review of strategies for identified student population, and expectations of student and faculty performance. Any registered nurse who was employed as a nurse faculty member or program director prior to January 1, 1984 shall be exempt from the requirements in Subparagraph (g)(4) of this Rule.

(5) maintain competence in the areas of assigned responsibility; and

(6) have knowledge of current nursing practice for the registered nurse and the licensed practical nurse.