Please help me decide.... is it worth it to get an MSN Education

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

Why not get a MSN in a specialty area? Then you can teach that. You could get some education courses along the way too, so you can be a better teacher.

Universities don't tend to pay much, unless you have a doctorate and tenure, and teach full time. Full time pay is better than non-full time, but floor nurses usually earn more than MSN nurses.

Many universities require that you be working on your doctorate in order to accept you as a full time faculty member.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Thank you for your help. I will be starting my MSN edu at TWU. They don't have a specialization option. I am just worried about how I am going to pay for it.

Thanks :)

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

I meant get a MSN in adult health or peds or ob or psych or geri or any other specialization and use THAT as a springboard to teaching in a university. I think such a MSN would make you more employable. You never know when you might not be able to get a teaching job and might have to work in your specialization area. There are more jobs for a MSN who specializes in a practice area other than teaching. At least there are now. Maybe the future will be different...

I teach. I don't have a MSN in Education. I know lots of university faculty people who teach in several universities. Lots = more than 30. Only one has a MSN in education. It's an up and coming degree, but...

To fund an MSN...many employers will pay for your classes...check into that if you're working now.

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Specializes in Med Surg.
I meant get a MSN in adult health or peds or ob or psych or geri or any other specialization and use THAT as a springboard to teaching in a university. I think such a MSN would make you more employable. You never know when you might not be able to get a teaching job and might have to work in your specialization area. There are more jobs for a MSN who specializes in a practice area other than teaching. At least there are now. Maybe the future will be different...

I teach. I don't have a MSN in Education. I know lots of university faculty people who teach in several universities. Lots = more than 30. Only one has a MSN in education. It's an up and coming degree, but...

To fund an MSN...many employers will pay for your classes...check into that if you're working now.

I agree with you. I should get an MSN in family pratice.It will provide me with more career options. Thank you.

I am looking for a new job b/c I am moving.

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Specializes in Educator/ICU/OB.

I teach in Kansas, and your MSN has to be in Nurse Education for the Kansas State Board of Nursing. I am not aware of those various MSN degrees in specialty areas unless you are talking about NP tracks. I am attending The University of Oklahoma, and the MSN degree's offered are in Nurse Education, Administration/Management, Clinical Nurse Leader, CNS and NP tracks.

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.
I will be moving to IL in the summer from TX. Thank you for your help

Make sure that your degree is a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) rather than a Master of Science (MS) or Master of Arts (MA) with a major in nursing or a Master of Nursing (MN) degree. Illinois requires an MSN degree to teach.

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