Career Path

[nycNurse2b]

How did you end up in Nursing Management? Was it just moving up throughout the years? Or did an MBA or MSN in Nursing Admin help?

This is always where I pictured myself as I'm a career changer with a lot of corporate business exp.

TIA for taking the time to respond.

[arnie1234]

I have an MBA and it has helped me to advance. Most director level positions will not hire you without a masters degree, so it depends on what level of management you are looking for. I also worked in corporate before becoming a nurse....

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

I have an MBA and it has helped me to advance. Most director level positions will not hire you without a masters degree, so it depends on what level of management you are looking for. I also worked in corporate before becoming a nurse....

Did you leave corporate and thus enter nursing with the immediate desire/plan to move up?

[arnie1234]

actually No. I left corporate because I felt that nursing was a steady job always in demand. Now that I have moved up, I wish I would not have. I miss the direct patient contact and the flexibility staff nursing can give as compared to my 50 hr work weeks now.

[danceluver]

Is it hard to move up the ranks in nursing administration or management without much hospital RN experience in certain units/departments? Or not so much? Can you work mainly outpatient and still possibly get a job in nursing management in a hospital or highly unlikely? Thanks for the advice!