Hello aspirant

To become a Nursing professors you should have minimum of Master's degree in nursing and several years of practical nursing experience.

Nursing professors are registered nurses ( RNs) who also hold graduate degrees. They are at the forefront of every nursing student's Education, teaching nursing in colleges, universities and hospital - based nursing schools. There is high demand of nursing professors due to increasing number of applicants to nursing schools.

Excellent leadership , public speaking and oral communication skills are required of nursing professors in order to convey their Knowledge face to face with students and graduate staff.

Neha, ideally to be a Professor in a Nursing School/College, you need to primarily complete your B.Sc Nursing and take up M.Sc Nursing as well. According to the Norms available at: http://182.73.176.174/chc/nursing/inc.pdf , you should have atleast 10-12 years of teaching experience before you become a Professor. And a Ph.D is also desirable but not mandatory.

Nursing professors generally need to hold one or more advanced degrees like Master's of science in Nursing, or Doctoral degree and you must be registered with any nursing council. For becoming a professor, other main criteria is that, your work experience. For professor, 7 to 10 years of work experience are required. For tutor or Clinical Instructor, BSc nursing with 1 year work experience is required. You can download the INC Norms which is available in PDF format from their official website.