So I just got through with school in May. I have my first nursing positon on a telemetry floor. I love it, I am SOOOOO lucky to be with such a supportive staff. I plan on working in telemetry for 2 years. My issues are as follows. I don't believe that nurses who stay at their job for a lengthy amount of time get compensated well. There are nurses with 10 years of experience getting paid just 2 or 3 dollars more an hour than I am. So I plan to move around to different hospitals every couple of years to recieve the maximum amout of pay and a broad experience. (not sure if that is a reasonable expectation yet, but we'll see).
I'm living in University housing right now and it happens to be the cheapest place for me to live. I only have to take one class at a community college to stay and my apartment is HUGE. I went to the community college counsler to see what I should take after all my university courses were transfered. I was thinking about getting an associates degree in communication or business management since both of them would only take 15-20 credits for me to get it. Her first question was "Why don't you just go back and get your master's degree?" Well it's like this. I don't feel like the people who run the business part of the hospital understand the medical part of whats going on and I don't feel that the medical people understand enough about business to make all the calls either. So I was thinking having a business degree would help me to see both sides better. I have thought of master's degrees, like public health or FNP, but I really hated nursing school. It stressed me out more than being a tech in the level one trauma center that has 65 beds. I love being a nurse, I like learning about medical stuff, but I NEVER want to feel as overwhelmed and unsupported as I did in nursing school. I mean look! I caught my dad cheating on my mom with my friends mother after 25 years of marriage, and that was not as bad as what I went through in nursing school.
So I guess I'm asking if anybody knows of a master's in business for nursing program? Or if you think getting an associates degree in business would pay off in the future as far as nursing goes?
