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They also use evidence-based approaches to encourage the adoption of moral standards across ethical frameworks.

They value honesty and integrity while adhering to the code of ethics as set by the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). 

The two specialties inspire and guide nurses concerning ethical standards. 

Nurse educators influence ethical standards in classroom and practice settings. 

However, FNP influences ethics from a wider perspective based on their interactions with patients health populations, and colleagues. 

However, a doctorate is preferred by most entities. 

Nurse educators should also have certification in their practice area.

They must also possess graduate-level program preparation based on their specialty. 

They also require relevant certification and should have completed over 500 hours of supervised practice in their specialty.

Again, they require doctorate qualifications based on their specialties. 

While nurse practitioners require at least 500 hours of practicum experience, nurse educators do not require them as they mainly handle the academic aspects of preparing nursing students (Crowell et al., 2020).

They influence the design and development of nursing curricula through assessing, updating, revising, and implementing them (DeNisco et al., 2023). 

They are also mentors to nursing students and influence the adoption of nursing theories. 

Nurse educator leadership is evident when they influence and guide the use of evidence-based practice in care settings to improve patient outcomes.

FNPs work in collaboration with others to impact legislation and decision-making entities to improve care in families and community health settings, especially dealing with diseases that impact families and their members. 

They provide leadership to encourage engagement, empowerment, and participation in professional development for nurses.

These include the adoption of EBP and change initiatives in both education and practice. 

Their leadership attributes enable them to mentor subordinates and students in practice and nursing schools, respectively.

Conversely, FNPs ensure leadership within their practice setting but nurse educators influence students, curriculum changes, and professional development within the nursing education continuum.

They use EBP intervention in establishing and delivering public health strategies. 

They are also change agents in the communities and formulate apt environments concerning public health emergencies.

FNPs enhance access to care, improve wellness, and focus on primary care through the identification of family members predisposed to disease-causing agents, especially chronic conditions like diabetes. 

FNPs also ensure the health of these populations and work collaboratively with public health nurses to enhance care provision (DeNisco, 2023). 

They also ensure that families and their members understand various components of care provision; including dealing with ethical dilemmas in matters like end-of-life care.

However, while the FNPs participate in public health initiatives, nurse educators participate in creating awareness through information and education (Butts et al., 2021). 

Further, they do not engage communities, families, and patients about ethical aspects like end-of-life decisions and care.

However, they use their competence in EBP to support the implementation of various initiatives in practice and academic settings (DeNisco, 2023). 

They are in administrative committees where they handle various issues and policy formulation for better care delivery.

They can administer various roles like case managers and primary care providers based on their specialties. 

They also work as administrators in their respective practice settings

However, nurse educators have administrative roles in academic institutions and even healthcare facilities but FNPs only manage their practice settings. 

Analytical science informatics is essential during this process (DeNisco, 2023). 

Nurse educators use informatics to improve learning among students as they emphasize application in nursing practice.

Information systems enable them to make effective decisions based on interventions and sharing information with other professionals. 

However, while nurse educators leverage informatics to disseminate information during learning, FNPs use it to make better care decisions and share with other colleagues in multidisciplinary teams. 

They also require this knowledge to attain cost-effectiveness in their environment. Therefore, financial knowledge is critical to nurse educators. 

They attain these objectives by determining and evaluating factors related to safety, cost, available resources, and efficacy. 

They also use cost-cutting practices to improve the financial health of their facilities. 

Therefore, they must have business knowledge to make better decisions.   

They also require the knowledge to implement innovative solutions in practice areas and prepare nursing students to seek EBP interventions to reduce the cost of care when in practice. 

These include family nursing educators, acute nursing educators, and general education (Bastable, 2019). 

Therefore, they specialize in all specialties in the nursing profession.

Specializations in FNP a specialty are diverse and limitless as they can also focus on mental health, adolescent health, and adult health. 

The difference may only arise from the diverse functions of the specialties and the setting where practiced. 

The core role of the AACN is to ensure nurses offer quality education across the spectrum (AACN, 2024). 

Before being educators, nurses are regulated by respective state and federal agencies and bodies like the National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN).

As such, FNPs get certified as qualified providers through these examinations. They also require their certification after five years as required by the ANCC. 

AACN credentials nurse educators while ANCC ensures that nurse practitioners have the right credentials.