Stepping into a faculty role as a nurse practitioner is both exciting and overwhelming. You bring years of clinical expertise, professional judgment, and real-world insight—but teaching requires an entirely different skill set. The good news? Most teaching missteps new NP faculty make are completely normal , highly fixable, and often rooted in trying too hard  to do things “right.” Whether you’re teaching face-to-face, online, or a blend of both, here are the most common mist