MSN degree to become a Nurse Consultant

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2015

I think the MSN/MBA combo is marketable and will assist you in your goals.

FYI, most of the nurse consultants with whom I'm acquainted had no graduate level nursing education whatsoever, but times are changing to the extent that I think it is now needed. Good luck to you!

akcunnin · Mar 3, 2015

I think the MSN/MBA combo is marketable and will assist you in your goals.
FYI, most of the nurse consultants with whom I'm acquainted had no graduate level nursing education whatsoever, but times are changing to the extent that I think it is now needed. Good luck to you!

Thank you so much! I'll be sure to look into that for future reference. Thanks again

CraigB-RN, MSN, RN · Mar 5, 2015

You have to look at your market and what kind of consultant you want to be.

You want credability and whatever it takes to get that credability is what you need. The combination of work experience as well as the letter combination can be usefull. That being said, I consulted for years based on my work experience. No one ever asked my degree. I was clinical educator for 1000 bed hospital that people recognized. The PhD people were asking me the lowly ADN how to do things.

akcunnin · Mar 5, 2015

You have to look at your market and what kind of consultant you want to be.
You want credability and whatever it takes to get that credability is what you need. The combination of work experience as well as the letter combination can be usefull. That being said, I consulted for years based on my work experience. No one ever asked my degree. I was clinical educator for 1000 bed hospital that people recognized. The PhD people were asking me the lowly ADN how to do things.

I thought about choosing my area as well. My specialty has been Maternal Child Health, so I figured gaining more years of experience will be helpful. I think degrees are a wonderful piece to someone's success story, but I agree with you as well. I'm going on six years in this area, so I'm hoping my MSN degree will be extra leverage in becoming a consultant one day in the future.

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 5, 2015

What kind of consultant do you see yourself being? For whom would you work and what would you do?

akcunnin · Mar 5, 2015

What kind of consultant do you see yourself being? For whom would you work and what would you do?

I'm still trying to figure that part out. My goal is to work in the health policy arena. I've seen a few government positions, but not too many jobs. I know that my MSN degree will be beneficial in some areas, just hoping that I can use it outside of a hospital.