Curious about the lab coats & high heels on my M-S floor

[vintagestudent]

Okay, I confess my ignorance, but I'm new to nursing and at clinicals--an acute facility--I see these ladies in "non-scrub" attire sitting in their offices on the Med-Surg floor I work on as a student LVN. They never seem to come out of their offices, though I'm sure they do and I just happen to miss them. I do see our RNs speaking to them from time to time, but have no clue what they do. What are their titles/responsibilities and how much schooling & experience must they have for their positions? I'm curious...very curious.

Clue me in, please. You may PM me if you'd like.

~Thank you~

[Lovely_RN, MSN]

From your description I'm guessing nurse manger.

It depends on what area of the country you are going to work in. If you work in an area with a shortage you might be able to become a NM with an ADN. If you don't then you will need at least a BSN and in some of the larger magnet hospitals nothing less than the Masters degree will do.

Regardless of degree you will need to have at least several years of clinical experience.

Okay, I confess my ignorance, but I'm new to nursing and at clinicals--an acute facility--I see these ladies in "non-scrub" attire sitting in their offices on the Med-Surg floor I work on as a student LVN. They never seem to come out of their offices, though I'm sure they do and I just happen to miss them. I do see our RNs speaking to them from time to time, but have no clue what they do. What are their titles/responsibilities and how much schooling & experience must they have for their positions? I'm curious...very curious.

Clue me in, please. You may PM me if you'd like.

~Thank you~

[vintagestudent]

From your description I'm guessing nurse manger.

It depends on what area of the country you are going to work in. If you work in an area with a shortage you might be able to become a NM with an ADN. If you don't then you will need at least a BSN and in some of the larger magnet hospitals nothing less than the Masters degree will do.

Regardless of degree you will need to have at least several years of clinical experience.

I'm in Southern CA.

~Thanks~

[mama_d, BSN, RN]

Our case managers are the ones in heels and lab coat; I'm actually not sure what their certification is. I know that they are all nurses, but not sure what is required beyond that. Our managers wear dress clothes and no lab coats.

[angel4gramma]

I would guess case managers also. The last hospital I worked at they all were not RN's. out of 8 only one was a nurse. First time for me. They all wore heels except for one who was male. :)