I need a career change.

[sunshineyday]

Hi, I really need advice. I am about to graduate with my MSN in Health Care Systems Management. I have two years of bedside experience. Which, is really not enough bs exp to transition into a manager role. I have suffered so much in my first two years of nursing - being left to sink or swim, horizontal violence, older staff nurses who ate their young, mean doctors, no respect, crappy pay... I'm burnt out. I feel like I can't make a difference with my patients and I can't spend any time with them if I want to leave on time. All my time is spent ensuring we meet core measures, clinical pathways, putting out fires of other people (I charge) making the quality people happy and making sure we get maximum reimbursements from CMS all while fighting off the sharks and charting to cover my rear end. I have worked in ER, CVICU and tele step down. I think I could be happy in cath lab or OR but getting into those specialties has been impossible. At any rate, I could continue but I'm not here to vent. This profession is just not for me. Thus, I want to leave to the (bedside) nursing profession completely. What a way to waste over 100K in student loans huh?

I think I could utilize my MSN in the business world as management is as management does. However, I wanted to pick up a second masters degree to help me transition out of nursing and make me marketable in this economy. I was thinking accounting... but was wondering if anyone had any fabulous ideas for a career change.

[Mission]

Have you thought about doing utilization review or case management for an insurance company? They tend to pay nurses very well and sounds like you have good experience for such a position.