Infection Control Nursing

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Need advice regarding next step in career. I am a Med-surg nurse, have been for 15 years. I am interested in changing to Infection Control. I have been searching for an MSN/MPH program online. Moving or travelling to a school are not an option. I have had no success with this degree combo. But wondered about doing one or the other alone. Any one have advice on which track to choose?

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Specializes in Acute post op ortho.

I worked in a hospital that conducts infection control clinical trials. Nurses worked directly for the MD's doing research, teaching (staff, patients, family....). Because their scope of work focused on data & teaching, they had stable 8 to 5, weekday hours, with many more holidays than a floor nurse ever saw.

Infection control is a smart way to go in this day & age. I'd think you'd have a great many opportunities.

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Specializes in public health, heme/onc, research.

You could do either degree and choose a concentration. MSN w/ a concentration in Community/Public Health or MPH w/ a concentration in epidemiology, infectious diseases, PH nursing, etc. I think the MPH would give you the background needed for epidemiology, outbreak investigation, etc. Some schools offer certificate programs online. So you could do a MSN program and then get a certificate in public health or vice versa. Check http://www.asph.org, http://www.allnursingschools.com, and http://www.ceph.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3344. Hope this helps!

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