The National League for Nursing
& Villanova University College of Nursing
NLN Preparation Course for Certification as a Nurse Educator
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
June 11, 2011
SPEAKER
INFORMATION
Patricia
Mahoney, MSN, RN, CNE has been a nurse educator for over
30 years. After retiring as Assistant Dean of the Joint Associate
Degree Nursing Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey, she joined Middlesex County College and Excelsior
College as adjunct faculty and is teaching several distance courses
that she designed. Pat has authored several nursing education software
programs and was a test development consultant for The Chauncey
Group International®, a subsidiary of Educational Testing Service®
when they had the contract to develop the National Council Licensure
Examination (NCLEX®). Ms. Mahoney has provided consulting services
and conducted workshops for nursing education programs throughout
the United States on test development, curriculum design, and program
evaluation. Pat participated in the development of the practice
analysis and the test blueprint for the NLN Nurse Educator Certification
Examination. She recently formed a new company, NursEducator Consultants,
which specializes in curriculum design and assessment.