Nursing professional Development Job Positions

[sh3rylanne, BSN, RN]

Looking for advise.

I have a goal to be in a nursing professional development position but I have having a hard time trying to get there. I have my MSN in education from Capella about 2 years ago and only working in the pulmonary clinic as  a staff Nurse.

Planning to teach adjunct to maybe an LVN program.

 I have no formal official teaching role or never held such a title and looking for recommendations on how to get to where I want to be if I have no experience?

 

Also looking into getting my DNP in professional leadership, other than educational leadership-- thinking it may open a little more doors? correct me if I am wrong. It would be through Post University online.

 Send me your advise, words of encouragement-- 

(recently applied to a mentorship program but I didn't make the cut)

 

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

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looking for recommendations on how to get to where I want to be if I have no experience?

If you want a staff development position, you're going to need the experience to back it up. There may be some academic centers that have a nursing professional development role for their ambulatory clinics. If you're looking for a hospital NPD position, you'll need hospital experience in the same unit that you'd seek an NPD position in. Think outside the box - where can you use your clinical experience in an educator role?

A DNP in professional leadership will not help with an NPD position without experience.