Nurses General Nursing
Published Feb 24, 2011
FutureRN618
15 Posts
I would love to become a nursing administrator. I know to do that, I will have to have an advance degree. Someone suggested to me to go after my bsn in nursing and then pursue a MBA in Business Administration. Will that help me in my career goals? If not, what should I pursue my master's in?
Katie5
1,459 Posts
Are you done with your BSN?
SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN
3,376 Posts
op: msn/mba combo degrees are what are preferred... usually clinical administrative nursing positions require msns. mbas alone will land you the non-clinical positions that do not require a candidate to be a nurse.
nursemike, ASN, RN
1 Article; 2,362 Posts
My facility prefers an MSN/MBA dual degree, but one of my classmates got a management position at an agency with an ASN and an AA in public health administration, so it depends on where you want to work. I think a lot of hospitals, these days, might prefer an MBA over an MSN, if you could only do one or the other. Of course, you could start a pretty heated debate over whether that makes sense!
Healthcare is a business, and a pretty complicated one, at that, so an MBA does make sense. As long as it's in addition to and not a substitute for common sense and nursing judgement.
classicdame, MSN, EdD
7,255 Posts
I have friends with MSN in hospital admin plus an MBA. You can get both at same time in some universities (like Univ. of Texas)
nursej22, MSN, RN
3,896 Posts
My manager has a BSN, and is pursuing a Master in Healthcare Administration.