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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

With a MS in Nursing Ed, you can teach courses that are below your expertise, so you could teach LVN, LPN, ADN, ASN, and BSN courses. In fact, you can teach them while you're working on your degree. That's what most universities think, anyway. They might limit you to clinical courses in the associates and bachelors programs however, until you graduate.

Everything also depends on your experience too. A Masters in Nursing Education won't do you much good if you aren't an expert or nearly and expert in the field you want to teach. I know someone who just got her Masters in Nursing Education and she landed a full time teaching job after graduating. She's an expert in med/surg and hospice as well.

Do you mean is a MS in NEd the same as a MSN? I think it's one of many Masters in Nursing specializations, but it's not the same as a MSN with a specialization in adult health, peds, ob, or any of the others. It's a whole different animal.

It looks like the school you chose looks pretty expensive. There are others near you, I bet, that would be less expensive. Surely Chicago must have something that's state supported?? That friend of mine who has the MS in Nursing Ed got her degree online except for her clinical/teaching experience. She found that the school was pitiful in responding to her questions and concerns. I hope your intended school is better in this. Can you talk to any current students to see how they feel about it?

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I teach with some faculty members with exceptional expertise in particular clinical specialties... who then got their MSN's at one of the big on-line outfits. (The one that evokes a bird rising from the ashes.) They were older with extensive experience before enrolling, and they got out of it what they were hoping to get. They both speak highly of the education they received.

I don't know how much they paid, but I hear it is pretty pricey. However, the cost was ameliorated in the sense that they could continue to work full time and keep their benefits while completing their degrees. I can say, they are exceptional nurses and teachers, and I've learned a lot from them (I have an MSN and PhD)

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

I teach in an ADN program, in a community college. I have my masters. It is somewhat expected that I will get my Doctorate (although not required, I'm sure it males tenure easier ;) ). I live in NY

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Obtaining my Masters in Nursing Education was critical to my career position that I enjoy today, as a clinical assistant professor in a nursing program in a major state university. I am now working on my PhD in nursing and am about to start on my dissertation.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Whoa there - in IL, it is REQUIRED that you have an MSN, not an MS in Education.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
Whoa there - in IL, it is REQUIRED that you have an MSN, not an MS in Education.

An MS in Nursing Education and an MS in Education are two totally different degrees. I think the people in this thread are talking about Masters's Degrees in Nursing Education ... NOT Master's Degrees in Education.

A lot of Nursing Schools offer Master's programs with tracks in Nursing Education that are desirable for university faculty members. e.g. MSN in Nursing Education ... or ... MS in Nursing Education. They are nursing degrees offered by nursing schools -- not offered by departments of education.

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