HOPEforRNs ADN, BSN, MSN

HOPEforRNs has 15 years experience as a ADN, BSN, MSN and specializes in Education, Skills & Simulation, Med/Surg, Pharm.

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1. Clarkson College ED.D. program

   HOPEforRNs replied to lyndsay1985's topic in Educators

   If you want to teach at the BSN level or higher, you need a doctorate. So, in reality, MSN is just a stepping stone to a career in academia anyway. I think it is the best stepping stone unless you want to teach APRNs. But even then, nursing education...

2. Clarkson College ED.D. program

   HOPEforRNs replied to lyndsay1985's topic in Educators

   I 100% agree. The certification makes sense for many because most educators do not have an MSN in nursing education or a post-masters certificate. It's a great way to show expertise. However, it seems unnecessary for those with formal educational pre...

3. Clarkson College ED.D. program

   HOPEforRNs replied to lyndsay1985's topic in Educators

   Hi! I am currently an EdD student at Clarkson College. It's a WONDERFUL program, and I couldn't be happier. They are a well-respected nonprofit school that is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine. The program is 100% online, and you are not required to ...

4. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I have said multiple times that CNO is my end goal - assistant nurse manager is what I want to make my entry point. No, I am 100% not dumb enough to get hired as a CNO right now. I am not qualified. I am trying to get a job as an assistant nurse mana...

5. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   And going from a bedside RN to a charge RN to leadership on the academic side and then back to a bedside RN and charge RN is going to somehow make me realize how much I didn't know when I went in one direction? Do I have to go back the other way now?...

6. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   Bedside nursing does not give leadership experience. Nor does it give management experience. And having been a bedside nurse and charge nurse and moved on to leadership/management on the nursing student side... charge nurse is not really a leadership...

7. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   Well, an occasional charge nurse is the only option. At all the hospitals in my area.... after you've been a nurse for 2 years you have to go to training to be a charge nurse and you get put in the rotation to take a charge assignment. Being a charge...

8. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   Yet nobody can tell me what I'm missing. Please fill me in. I keep asking but nobody will answer. Here's a summary. 4 years FT bedside nurse with 2 as a charge nurse. Additional 6 years as a contingent bedside RN (2 shifts a month during the sc...

9. Management Progression Assistance

   HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I never said I was looking to get hired as a CNO right now. I'm looking for an ANM position. So I can start working my way up. I worked 4 years full-time as a bedside RN as well as occasional charge nurse (as everyone did). I stayed on contingent unt...

10. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I worked 4 years as a bedside RN full-time before going into academia. However, I remained working contingent (and worked quite a bit in the Summer) until my third child was born almost a year ago. At that point, I had inadequate childcare or ch...

11. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I have a great job that I love currently. Long-term, I would prefer to get involved in hospital-based leadership over academic leadership. With my father-in-law being c-suite at a local large healthcare system, he could easily get me a job (assuming ...

12. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just not sure what I would learn new from 1-2 years as a bedside nurse when I didn't leave the bedside that long ago and have remained involved in bedside nursing by teaching nursing students and new hire nurses how to be bedside nurses. I'm actu...

13. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody knows how to be an assistant nurse manager or nurse manager until they end up in that specific role. I was a bedside RN and charge nurse for years. Then I moved into mentoring, precepting, and teaching. I also manage a budget for the skills an...

14. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    The degree is 50% educational leadership and 50% healthcare administration/leadership. That's why it is 60 credit hours post-masters - lots to cover! However, where I'm at now won't let you move into high leadership positions unless you go tenure tra...

15. Management Progression Assistance

    HOPEforRNs replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    To get a certification as a nurse executive, you just need 2,000 hours of recent experience running at least 1 hospital unit. You don't need an advanced degree. You need the experience first. But this is why my doctorate is 50% focused on healthcare ...