Nurse educator AND FNP..need advice!

[prettyRN4]

Straight and to the point..

I'm a new grad and I was looking to start a MSN program in nurse education soon. I always wanted to be an NP as well. I LOVE both and I don't choose one over the other. My plan was to get me degree in education,travel and go back to school for a MSN to DNP program to get my FNP. I figure when I start my family and want to slow down, I can have my education degree to fall back on.

Is there anyone out there that you have heard of have a degree in Nurse education AND NP?

I figure if you can have a degree in computer science AND be a nurse, why can't You be both a nurse educator and NP.

It may sound crazy but I'm a dreamer and I believe I can do it ALL!

Any honest input helps!

[passionflower, BSN, MSN, RN]

This was my same dilemma although I am aging out of nursing and more interested in teaching especially since I have always wanted to be a teacher. Staff development and new grad orientation type programs also interest me, so for me it will be MSN in education because they specialize in curriculum development and the role of teaching. So it really depends on what you want to do more. The answer you received on specializing in NP with a certification in teaching sounds like a good idea. Maybe you could look into this option - I don't know where this type of program exist so can't offer any info.

[cinlou, BSN, MSN, RN]

I was a clinical nurse for 35 years and decided to complete my MSN Ed, I tossed the NP around for awhile, but I ended up choosing the education route so if I could not work at the bedside I could always teach on line. I ended up taking a position as DON at a community college and Love it, I did clinical instruction for awhile with the ADN students while I was in school and working full time. Now I get to develop and grow our program, meet all the students, work with all the clinical sites. If you are still young and loving working at the bedside or directly with patients then I think the NP is a good way to go for the best of both worlds. You can do anything you want to do, there are many NP's out there that teach too. Go for it.