This is an ideal textbook to teach nurses who are taking the credentialing requirements to work as the Director of Staff Development of a Healthcare Facility or who wish to teach nursing students or nurse assistant students. The topics covered include: The advantages and challenges of being a nurse educator, maximizing the learning experience of adult learners, curriculum development, curriculum implementation, time management in the class, course evaluations, lesson plans, adapting to different target audience and personality traits of students. In all the chapters, the principles of adult learning are projected.