I am working towards my MSN and RIGHT NOW planning on going the ed/admin split route. in my current role, the degree wouldn't take me much further, but MAY help me get further into my industry later on (working in a non-bedside nursing industry that i LOVE).
i have contemplated going FNP so that if my job ever disappears, i would at least have a decent job. however, what I do now is very specialized and something that i really love. even though there would likely be guaranteed work with the FNP, every time i think about leaving my industry i decide that i don't want to leave it. FYI- there are NO FNPs that do my role, and i was told that if I were to get the FNP, i would have to leave the role to go into an actual practitioner position elsewhere.
there is also an option to go CNL role. i have asked professors and gotten very broad feedback. i would like to maybe eventually enter deeper into my industry and possibly train others in it, maybe become a consultant of sorts. honestly, in the industry i only know of a few RNs with advanced degrees, and they are all far up in the industry either training or being regional managers, etc.
would CNL help here, or should I focus on the MSN ed/admin? that would at least get me trained for EITHER admin or education, and i THINK would be a bit more useful. i don't think that too much education is a bad thing, and there are also post-grad certificates or DNP options near me (if this doesn't work out i could always continue on later)... thoughts?
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I am working towards my MSN and RIGHT NOW planning on going the ed/admin split route. in my current role, the degree wouldn't take me much further, but MAY help me get further into my industry later on (working in a non-bedside nursing industry that i LOVE).
i have contemplated going FNP so that if my job ever disappears, i would at least have a decent job. however, what I do now is very specialized and something that i really love. even though there would likely be guaranteed work with the FNP, every time i think about leaving my industry i decide that i don't want to leave it. FYI- there are NO FNPs that do my role, and i was told that if I were to get the FNP, i would have to leave the role to go into an actual practitioner position elsewhere.
there is also an option to go CNL role. i have asked professors and gotten very broad feedback. i would like to maybe eventually enter deeper into my industry and possibly train others in it, maybe become a consultant of sorts. honestly, in the industry i only know of a few RNs with advanced degrees, and they are all far up in the industry either training or being regional managers, etc.
would CNL help here, or should I focus on the MSN ed/admin? that would at least get me trained for EITHER admin or education, and i THINK would be a bit more useful. i don't think that too much education is a bad thing, and there are also post-grad certificates or DNP options near me (if this doesn't work out i could always continue on later)... thoughts?