MSN at the bedside

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Hi I am currently a NICU nurse and would like to obtain my MSN but I would like to stay at the bedside rather than moving into a nurse practitioner role. Are there any programs that are geared toward bedside nursing at the master's level? I am particularly interested in an online program. Any advice from nurses with MSN at the bedside would be much appreciated!

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

I have my MSN and was in management and education. Only downside is when I went back to bedside nursing I took a pay cut.

Our ur hospital doesn't allow NNP's to dual practice as a bedside nurse and NNP. Our NNPs are salary, bedside is not.

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Specializes in Family Practice, Mental Health.
How is that different from a CNS?

A CNS focuses on the Macrosystem.

A CNL focuses on the Microsystem and patient outcomes.

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Can you give me some real world examples?

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You could get your MSN as a nurse practitioner but not take the certification exam, thus allowing you to still work as a bedside RN. If you decide in the future that you want to practice as a NP then you could take the certification exam. Although as I say that and I reflect on the recent posts like "I graduated 8 years ago, failed the NCLEX numerous times, and now want to get licensed and work as a nurse", I wonder if that would be a good idea because you would have to explain why you didn't sit for the certification exam upon graduating from graduate school. Hmm...

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How is that different from a CNS?

You're still cleaning up bodily fluids for the cost of a master's education.

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Specializes in Family Practice, Mental Health.
You're still cleaning up bodily fluids for the cost of a master's education.

Really? You must be basing that off of your observations. I don't see that where I work.

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Really? You must be basing that off of your observations. I don't see that where I work.

I'm basing that off how CNL works at my hospital (a major academic medical center that, incidentally, has one of the largest and most well-known CNL programs out there).

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Specializes in orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes.

I am getting ready to start an MSN program in Informatics, I plan on staying at the bedside for at least a few years (partially due to tuition reimbursement requirements and partially, to apply what I am doing hands-on) I may go part time, but I do love the bedside still. Don't want to give it up until it becomes a hassle.

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